Meters to Feet Calculator — m to ft & Inches
Convert a distance in meters to feet (and feet + inches), yards, miles, centimeters and millimeters. All conversions use the exact international definition: 1 foot = 0.3048 m.
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3 ft 3.37 in
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Conversion factor
3.280841 m = 1 ÷ 0.3048 ft ≈ 3.280840 ft (international definition) - 2
Total feet
1 × 3.28084 = 3.28084
How does this calculator work?
1 meter = 3.28084 feet = 3 ft 3.37 in = 39.3701 in = 1.09361 yd. Divide meters by 0.3048 to get feet. For feet and inches: whole feet = floor(decimal feet), inches = remainder × 12. The foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 m.
Formula
How this is calculated
The international foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 meters since the 1959 International Yard and Pound Agreement. Therefore: feet = meters × (1/0.3048) = meters × 3.280839895... This is an exact ratio, not an approximation — any rounding is only in the displayed number of decimal places.
To express the result in feet and inches: whole feet = floor(decimal feet); remaining inches = (decimal feet − whole feet) × 12. For example, 1.8 m = 5.90551 ft = 5 ft 10.866 in (often rounded to 5 ft 11 in in practice).
The inch is defined as exactly 0.0254 m, so 1 m = 39.3700787... inches. The yard is exactly 0.9144 m, so 1 m ≈ 1.09361 yards. For rough mental conversion, a useful approximation is: meters × 3.28 ≈ feet (error < 0.01%). For height conversion specifically, a 6-foot person is about 1.8288 m, and a 5-foot-10 person is about 1.778 m.
Frequently asked questions
1 meter = exactly 3.280839895... feet (1 ÷ 0.3048). In practice this is rounded to 3.28084 ft or 3 ft 3.37 in. The foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 m since 1959.
First multiply meters by 3.280839895 to get decimal feet. Then take the whole number part for feet and multiply the decimal remainder by 12 for inches. Example: 1.75 m × 3.280839895 = 5.7415 ft → 5 ft 8.9 in.
1 meter (1 m) is slightly longer than 1 yard (0.9144 m). 1 m ≈ 1.09361 yards. Put another way, 1 yard ≈ 0.9144 m — a meter is about 9.36% longer than a yard.
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