How to convert meters to feet
Divide the number of meters by 0.3048, or multiply by 3.280839895. They are the same sum: a foot is exactly 0.3048 m, and 1 ÷ 0.3048 is 3.2808398950131...
Worked example: a pool is 25 m long. 25 ÷ 0.3048 = 82.02 ft. To see the part after the decimal point as inches, multiply it by 12, or let the Feet and inches calculator do it: 25 m is 82 ft 0.3 in.
Going from meters to feet usually gives a decimal that does not end, so the answer is rounded and the working says so.
Running tracks, pools and mountains
- A running track lap is 400 m, which is 1,312.3 ft or about 0.249 miles.
- An Olympic pool is 50 m long, which is 164.04 ft. A short course pool is 25 m, or 82.02 ft.
- A soccer pitch is typically 100 to 110 m long, which is 328.1 to 360.9 ft.
- Mount Everest is 8,848.86 m high by the 2020 survey agreed by China and Nepal, which is 29,031.7 ft.
- Airliner cruising altitude of 10,668 m is exactly 35,000 ft.
Heights in meters and in feet and inches
Height in meters is a number like 1.75. In the US, UK and Canada people more often say it in feet and inches:
- 1.5 m is 4 ft 11.1 in.
- 1.6 m is 5 ft 3 in.
- 1.7 m is 5 ft 6.9 in.
- 1.75 m is 5 ft 8.9 in.
- 1.8 m is 5 ft 10.9 in.
- 1.85 m is 6 ft 0.8 in.
- 1.9 m is 6 ft 2.8 in.
- 2 m is 6 ft 6.7 in.
To do it by hand: multiply meters by 3.28084 to get feet, then multiply the part after the decimal point by 12 to get inches. For example 1.75 m is 5.741 ft, and 0.741 × 12 = 8.9 in.