The meters to feet conversion factor
One foot equals exactly 0.3048 meters, so to convert meters to feet you divide by 0.3048: feet = m ÷ 0.3048. For example, 100 m ÷ 0.3048 = 328.08 feet. To go back, use the feet to meters calculator.
The 0.3048 figure is exact, not rounded: the international yard was defined as exactly 0.9144 metres in 1959, and a foot is a third of that. Dividing by 0.3048 is the same as multiplying by 3.28084, so 2 m is 6.56 ft and 1 m is 3.2808 ft.
How to convert meters to feet
Enter a length in meters and the calculator divides by 0.3048 to return feet. Handy for height, distances, and construction. Two decimal places is precise enough for most uses.
For rough work in your head, multiply by 3 and add a tenth: 20 m gives 60 + 6 = 66 ft against a true 65.62 ft, within half a percent. Careful with units of area and volume, though — a square metre is 10.76 square feet, not 3.28, because the factor squares.
Reference points that help sanity-check a result: a standard door is about 2 m or 6.6 ft, a storey of a building is roughly 3 m or 10 ft, an Olympic pool is 50 m or 164 ft, and an aircraft cruising at 10,000 m is at about 32,808 ft. US survey feet, used in some older American land records, differ from international feet by about 2 parts per million — irrelevant for a room, but visible across a state.
Once that is settled, the meters to centimeters calculator takes care of the next part.
Meters to feet reference table
| Meters | Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 3.28 ft |
| 10 m | 32.81 ft |
| 100 m | 328.08 ft |
| 1000 m | 3280.84 ft |
For the same task from a slightly different angle, try the cm to inches calculator.
Frequently asked questions
- How many feet is 100 meters?
- 100 meters equals 328.08 feet (100 ÷ 0.3048).
- What is the meters to feet formula?
- feet = meters ÷ 0.3048, since 1 foot is exactly 0.3048 m.
- How many meters are in a foot?
- One foot is exactly 0.3048 meters.
- How do I convert feet back to meters?
- Multiply feet by 0.3048, or use the feet to meters calculator.
- How do I turn the decimal part into inches?
- Multiply the digits after the decimal point by 12. A height of 1.8 m is 5.9055 feet, and 0.9055 × 12 = 10.9 inches, so 1.8 m is 5 ft 10.9 in — not 5 feet 9 inches, which is the mistake people make when they read the decimal as inches.