Feet to Meters Converter

Convert feet to meters instantly, with a reference table covering room dimensions, heights and altitudes.

Feet

Meters

1 ft = 0.3048 m

Multiply feet by 0.3048 to get meters.

The link carries the values you entered, so whoever opens it sees the same result. Nothing is stored on our side — the numbers travel in the link itself.

Feet to meters reference table

The conversions people look up most often, rounded to 4 decimal places.

Common feet to meters conversions
Foot (ft)	Meter (m)
1 ft	0.3048 m
3 ft	0.9144 m
5 ft	1.524 m
6 ft	1.8288 m
8 ft	2.4384 m
10 ft	3.048 m
12 ft	3.6576 m
20 ft	6.096 m
50 ft	15.24 m
100 ft	30.48 m
500 ft	152.4 m
1,000 ft	304.8 m
5,280 ft	1,609.344 m

How the feet to meters converter calculation works

One foot is exactly 0.3048 meters, so:

meters = feet × 0.3048

That number is a definition, not a measurement. The foot is defined as 12 inches and the inch as 2.54 cm, which makes a foot exactly 30.48 cm by construction.

A worked example: a room advertised as 12 feet across is 12 × 0.3048 = 3.66 meters. A 6 foot doorway is 1.83 m. An 8 foot ceiling — standard in US housing — is 2.44 m, noticeably lower than the 2.5 m or more common in newer European builds.

Where this conversion matters most:

Aviation altitudes are in feet almost everywhere. A cruising altitude of 35,000 ft is 10,668 m, which is why it is usually quoted as "about 10.7 km". Russia and China moved to metric flight levels; most of the world did not.
A mile is 5,280 feet, or 1,609.34 m. That awkward number is the reason mile-to-kilometre conversion never has a clean shortcut.
Heights are usually feet and inches. Convert the inches separately: 5 ft 10 in is 5 × 0.3048 + 10 × 0.0254 = 1.778 m. Entering "5.10" here gives 1.554 m, which is wrong — the decimal is not the inches.

For a quick estimate, take 30% off the number of feet and you land within a percent: 12 ft → 8.4 → about 3.6 m.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert feet to meters?

Multiply the number of feet by 0.3048 to get meters.

How many meters are in 8 ft?

8 ft equals 2.4384 m. The reference table on this page lists the other values people look up most often.

How do I convert meters back to feet?

Divide the number of meters by 0.3048, or use the swap control on the converter above.

Is this conversion exact?

Yes. The factor is fixed by international definition rather than measured, so the conversion is exact - only the displayed rounding limits precision.

Feet to Meters Converter