Feet to meters converter
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Convert feet to meters instantly: 1 foot is 0.3048 meters. The exact inverse of the meters-to-feet conversion, with a copy button and no calculator needed.
1 foot is 0.3048 meters — the shorter side of the argument, and it knows it.
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Math, not advice — results are indicative. Read the disclaimer.
pro tips
Rough math: feet ÷ 3.3 ≈ meters. Close enough for furniture shopping.
35,000 ft is about 10.7 km — aviation kept feet, it just got higher.
A "six foot" person is about 1.83 m. You're welcome, every form.
what it does
One foot is 0.3048 meters. The whole trick runs backwards from the meters-to-feet version: instead of multiplying by 3.28084, you divide by it — or simply multiply by 0.3048, which is the same thing wearing a nicer shirt.
This is the conversion you need when the tape measure speaks feet and the rest of the world answers in meters: a rental listing that says "9-foot ceilings", a bed that's "a queen, 80 inches", or a height that was announced as "six foot two" and needs to become a respectable number in meters before anyone fills out a form.
It also shows up in surprising places: aviation still talks in feet (35,000 feet is about 10,668 meters of quiet dread), American cookbooks measure everything in cups and inches, and any sports fan comparing heights between leagues will spend a lifetime dividing by 3.28.
Type any number, and the widget answers in meters on the spot — plus a swap button that flips you to the meters-to-feet page, because eventually someone will ask for the same number the other way round. Click the result to copy it and win the argument in writing.
quick answers
How many meters are in a foot?
Exactly 0.3048 meters. For quick mental math, divide the feet by 3.3 — close enough for ceilings, not close enough for anything involving engineering.
Is this the same as the meters-to-feet conversion?
Same conversion, reversed. If a meter is 3.28084 feet, then a foot is 1 ÷ 3.28084 = 0.3048 meters. They're the same street, walked in opposite directions.
Why do some things still measure in feet?
Aviation, a few stubborn countries and habit. The meter won most of the world; the foot kept the parts that matter to pilots.