Yards to Meters Converter
1 yard = 0.9144 meters
1 yard equals 0.9144 meters
How to convert yards 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 = yd × 0.9144One yard is 0.9144 meters, so a single multiplication converts any value.
9.144 m = 10 × 0.9144Yards to meters conversion table
Common values in yards, converted to meters.
| Yards (yd) | Meters (m) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.9144 |
| 2 | 1.8288 |
| 3 | 2.7432 |
| 4 | 3.6576 |
| 5 | 4.572 |
| 10 | 9.144 |
| 20 | 18.288 |
| 25 | 22.86 |
| 50 | 45.72 |
| 100 | 91.44 |
| 250 | 228.6 |
| 500 | 457.2 |
| 1,000 | 914.4 |
About these units
yardyd
Exactly 3 feet, or 0.9144 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.