About feet and metres
A foot (ft) is an imperial and US unit of length equal to 12 inches, or exactly 0.3048 metres.
The metre (m) is the base unit of length in the metric (SI) system. Almost every other metric length unit is a multiple or a fraction of it.
How the conversion works
Converts feet to metres, and back again. Type a value in either box and the other one updates as you type. The conversion uses 1 foot = 0.3048 metres.
Foot to Metre conversion table
| feet | metres |
|---|---|
| 1 foot | 0.3048 metres |
| 2 feet | 0.6096 metres |
| 5 feet | 1.524 metres |
| 10 feet | 3.048 metres |
| 25 feet | 7.62 metres |
| 50 feet | 15.24 metres |
| 100 feet | 30.48 metres |
| 1,000 feet | 304.8 metres |
How to use it
- Enter a value in feet to see it in metres, or type in the other box to convert the opposite way.
- Check the quick conversion table below for common values.
- To convert by hand, multiply the number of feet by 0.3048.
Did you know?
- Aircraft altitude is given in feet in most parts of the world, even in countries that use metric units for everything else.
- Since 1983 the metre has been defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.