How many meters are in one foot?
One foot is 0.3048 m.
Feet to Meters
Type a value to convert it from feet to meters. One ft equals 0.3048 m.
Result
Feet and meters, side by side
One foot is 0.3048 m. In the other direction, one meter is 3.281 ft.
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 foot is 12 inches, exactly 30.48 centimeters. It is the usual unit for a person’s height in the United States and the United Kingdom, written as 5 ft 9 in, and aviation measures altitude in feet worldwide.
The meter is the base unit of length in the International System. Since 1983 it has been defined by the speed of light: the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. An ordinary door is about 2 meters tall.
| Foot | Meter |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.3048 |
| 5 | 1.524 |
| 10 | 3.048 |
| 20 | 6.096 |
| 50 | 15.24 |
| 100 | 30.48 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert meters back to feet?
One meter is 3.281 ft. The tool above converts in both directions.
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