Feet to Meters Converter

By Inch To Cm Converter Editorial Team·August 31, 2026·2 min read

One foot is exactly 0.3048 metres, so feet × 0.3048 gives metres, and metres ÷ 0.3048 gives feet (or multiply metres by 3.281 for a quick estimate). This is the conversion you reach for with room plans, building heights and sports pitches drawn up in one system and quoted in the other.

Feet and metres side by side

A quick sense of scale: a standard door is 6 ft 8 in, or 2.03 m. A football pitch is 345 ft (105 m) long. An Olympic pool is 164 ft (50 m). A basketball court runs 94 ft (28.65 m). The rule of thumb “1 metre is a bit more than 3 feet” gets you within about 2% – fine for picturing a space, not for ordering materials.

Feet to metres table

Feet	Metres	Context
3 ft	0.91 m	a yard; a kitchen counter’s depth-plus
8 ft	2.44 m	a typical ceiling height
10 ft	3.05 m	a basketball hoop’s height
50 ft	15.24 m	width of an NBA court
100 ft	30.48 m	a touch over a running track’s straight

Getting the direction right

Feet to metres is a shrink (multiply by roughly 0.3); metres to feet is a stretch (multiply by roughly 3.3). If a “12” turns into a “36”, you have gone the wrong way. For heights given as feet-and-inches, convert to plain inches or feet first with the inches to feet converter, then bring the result here. For miles and kilometres, use miles to km; for the whole span of length units at once, the length converter.