What this conversion means in practice
Metric room dimensions (m) meet US contractors who price and build in feet. One meter is about 3.28084 feet; three meters is roughly ten feet, not three.
Two meters ceiling height is about 6.56 ft. If a value near 3.28 looks like “one meter in feet” but the input was kilometers, the unit column is wrong.
Square feet and cubic feet are area and volume; convert linear meters only on this page.
How to convert meter to foot
Multiply the meter value by 3.280839895013 to get foot.
Example: 2 meters × 3.280839895013 = 6.561679790026 feet
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
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 to Foot conversion table
| Meter (meters) | Foot (feet) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 meters | 0.3280839895 feet |
| 1 meters | 3.280839895 feet |
| 2 meters | 6.56167979 feet |
| 3 meters | 9.842519685 feet |
| 5 meters | 16.4041994751 feet |
| 10 meters | 32.8083989501 feet |
| 20 meters | 65.6167979003 feet |
| 50 meters | 164.0419947507 feet |
| 100 meters | 328.0839895013 feet |
| 1,000 meters | 3,280.8398950131 feet |
Meter to Foot FAQ
meters to feet for ceilings, pools, and US contractor quotes.
How many feet is 1 meter?
About 3.28084 ft (1 ÷ 0.3048).
Is the foot factor exact?
Yes. 1 ft = 0.3048 m exactly by international agreement.
Inches instead?
Multiply feet by 12, or convert m → in via m ↔ in pages.