Feet to Meters Converter
1 foot = 0.3048 meters
1 foot equals 0.3048 meters
How to convert feet to meters
Feet, inches, yards and miles use the international foot (0.3048 m). Older US survey-foot records use a different definition; check the survey document before applying these factors.
m = ft × 0.3048One foot is 0.3048 meters, so a single multiplication converts any value.
3.048 m = 10 × 0.3048Feet to meters conversion table
Common values in feet, converted to meters.
| Feet (ft) | Meters (m) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.3048 |
| 2 | 0.6096 |
| 3 | 0.9144 |
| 4 | 1.2192 |
| 5 | 1.524 |
| 10 | 3.048 |
| 20 | 6.096 |
| 25 | 7.62 |
| 50 | 15.24 |
| 100 | 30.48 |
| 250 | 76.2 |
| 500 | 152.4 |
| 1,000 | 304.8 |
About these units
footft
Exactly 12 inches, or 0.3048 metres.
Reference: International Yard and Pound Agreement (1959).
meterm
The SI base unit of length, defined by fixing the speed of light in vacuum at 299,792,458 m/s.
Reference: BIPM SI Brochure (9th ed.).
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.