Convert Foot to Meter
1 foot = 0.3048 meters (ft to m).
The foot (ft) and the meter (m) both measure length. A foot is smaller than a meter — it takes 3.28084 of them to make a single meter. Going the other way, one meter is 3.28084 feet. The converter above does this in real time, and the reference chart lists the values that come up most often.
1 ft = 0.3048 m
How to convert Feet to Meters
Multiply the foot value by 0.3048 to get meters.
Example: 10 feet = 3.048 meters.
One foot is exactly 0.3048 meters — a figure set by international treaty in 1959 and exact by definition, with no approximation involved. Multiplying any foot measurement by 0.3048 gives the meter equivalent to as many decimal places as you need. A 6-foot person is exactly 1.8288 m; a standard 8-foot ceiling is exactly 2.4384 m.
Swimming pools and athletic tracks demonstrate how the two systems collide in sports. A 25-yard pool (75 feet) is 22.86 m, which is why short-course records do not translate directly to the 25 m pools common in Europe. An American football field's 100 yards (300 feet) is 91.44 m — not 100 m, which explains the different feel of sprinting a football field versus a metric track straight.
Lumber and building materials in North America are sold in foot-based dimensions: a standard 2×4 stud is typically cut to 92⅝ inches (7.719 ft, or 2.3527 m) for use in 8-foot walls. Converting to metric for a European supplier or building code requires exact arithmetic rather than rounding, because structural tolerances can be tight.
Foot to Meter Conversion Chart
| Feet | Meters |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.3048 m |
| 2 ft | 0.6096 m |
| 3 ft | 0.9144 m |
| 5 ft | 1.524 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| 25 ft | 7.62 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 1000 ft | 304.8 m |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many meters are in a foot?
- There are 0.3048 meters in 1 foot.
- How do you convert feet to meters?
- Multiply the foot value by 0.3048 to get meters.
- What is 5 feet in meters?
- 5 feet equals 1.524 meters.
- What is 100 feet in meters?
- 100 feet equals 30.48 meters.
- What is 1 meter in feet?
- 1 meter equals 3.2808399 feet.
- Is this foot to meter converter free?
- Yes. The converter is free, needs no sign-up, and runs entirely in your browser — the values you enter never leave your device.