What this conversion means in practice
US real estate and aviation often print feet; metric codes and science want meters. Multiply feet by 0.3048.
Six feet is 1.8288 m (typical room width sanity check). Ten feet is 3.048 m, not 10 m.
Height in “5 foot 10” needs total inches or meters from a single parsed value, not 5.10 as a decimal foot.
How to convert foot to meter
Multiply the foot value by 0.3048 to get meter.
Example: 6 feet × 0.3048 = 1.8288 meters
Foot
Definition: A foot (ft) equals 0.3048 meters exactly.
History and origin: Historically anthropometric, later fixed by international agreement.
Current use: Used in height, building, and aviation altitude reporting.
Meter
Definition: The meter (m) is the SI base unit of length.
History and origin: The meter moved from artifact standards to a physics-based definition tied to the speed of light.
Current use: Global standard for engineering, science, and daily metric measurement.
Foot to Meter conversion table
| Foot (feet) | Meter (meters) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 feet | 0.03048 meters |
| 1 feet | 0.3048 meters |
| 2 feet | 0.6096 meters |
| 3 feet | 0.9144 meters |
| 5 feet | 1.524 meters |
| 10 feet | 3.048 meters |
| 20 feet | 6.096 meters |
| 50 feet | 15.24 meters |
| 100 feet | 30.48 meters |
| 1,000 feet | 304.8 meters |
Foot to Meter FAQ
feet to meters for BIM handoffs and international engineering.
How many meters is 10 feet?
3.048 m (10 × 0.3048).
Survey feet?
This tool uses the international foot (0.3048 m). US survey feet differ slightly; check your jurisdiction.
Miles?
Use ft ↔ mi for 5,280 ft per mile, then meters if needed.