How many acres are in one square meter?
One square meter is 0.0002471 ac.
Square Meters to Acres
Type a value to convert it from square meters to acres. One m² equals 0.0002471 ac.
Result
Square meters and acres, side by side
One square meter is 0.0002471 ac. In the other direction, one acre is 4,047 m².
The factor is exact rather than rounded: imperial and US units have been defined from the metric ones since 1959, so the conversion introduces no error of its own. What you see below is arithmetic, not an approximation.
The square meter is the area of a square one meter on each side. Apartments and houses are sold and rented by the square meter in most of the world, and the price per square meter is how neighborhoods get compared. A parking space is about 12 m².
The acre is 43,560 square feet, about 4,047 square meters or 0.4 hectares. It is the unit for land in the United States and the United Kingdom, and an American football field without its end zones is a little over an acre.
| Square meter | Acre |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.000247105 |
| 10 | 0.00247105 |
| 50 | 0.0123553 |
| 100 | 0.0247105 |
| 500 | 0.123553 |
| 1,000 | 0.247105 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert acres back to square meters?
One acre is 4,047 m². The tool above converts in both directions.
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