Meters to Feet formula
1 metre = 3.280839895 feet, and 1 foot = 0.3048 metres. The SI base unit of length.
Meters to Feet chart
| Metres (m) | Feet (ft) |
|---|---|
| 0.5 | 1.6404 |
| 1 | 3.2808 |
| 1.5 | 4.9213 |
| 2 | 6.5617 |
| 2.5 | 8.2021 |
| 3 | 9.8425 |
| 4 | 13.1234 |
| 5 | 16.4042 |
| 6 | 19.685 |
| 7 | 22.9659 |
| 8 | 26.2467 |
| 9 | 29.5276 |
| 10 | 32.8084 |
| 15 | 49.2126 |
| 20 | 65.6168 |
| 25 | 82.021 |
| 30 | 98.4252 |
| 50 | 164.042 |
| 100 | 328.084 |
| 200 | 656.168 |
| 500 | 1,640.4199 |
| 1,000 | 3,280.8399 |
Values are rounded to 4 decimal places. The converter above shows more precision.
Worked examples
A 100-metre sprint
100 m ÷ 0.3048 = 328.084 ft
100 metres = 328.084 feet. The Olympic sprint is about 328 feet, a little longer than the 300 feet between the goal lines of an American football field.
A room with a 2.5 m ceiling
2.5 m ÷ 0.3048 = 8.2021 ft
2.5 metres = 8.2021 feet. That is about 8.2 feet, a fraction higher than the common 8-foot US ceiling.
Converting metres to feet in real life
Metres are used for almost everything outside the US: sports distances, building plans, swimming pools, rope and cable lengths, and the heights of buildings and mountains in most sources. American readers, US real-estate sites and some boating and aviation documents still expect feet.
The quick mental trick is "times three, plus a bit": 3 m is roughly 10 ft (9.84 ft exactly). For heights of people, a decimal number of feet is not how anyone speaks, so use the cm to feet page, which splits the answer into feet and inches. For areas, such as a 50 m² flat, use sq m to sq ft, because area factors are squared.