About This Meters to Feet Converter
The meter (m) is the SI base unit of length, used globally for building dimensions, athletic distances, and scientific measurements. The foot (ft) is the imperial unit used in the United States, Canada, and UK for human height, real estate floor plans, and aviation altitudes. One meter equals exactly 3.28084 feet — or equivalently, 1 foot is exactly 0.3048 meters.
This converter handles seven common length units: meters, feet, inches, centimeters, kilometers, yards, and miles. Real estate agents comparing international property listings, architects working across metric and imperial building codes, and swimmers or runners comparing race distances across formats all use this converter as a daily reference.
How to Use This Converter
- Enter your meter value in the Value field.
- Confirm Meter is selected in the From dropdown.
- Select Foot in the To dropdown (or any other target unit).
- The converted result and formula appear instantly.
- Use Swap to reverse the conversion direction in one click.
Units Covered
| Unit | Symbol | Common Use |
|---|---|---|
| Meter | m | SI length standard; athletic tracks, room dimensions, construction globally |
| Foot | ft | Human height in US/UK, building floors, real estate, aviation altitude |
| Inch | in | Screen sizes, hardware, product specs in North America |
| Centimeter | cm | Body measurements, clothing, everyday metric measurements |
| Kilometer | km | Road distances, geographic measurements in metric countries |
| Yard | yd | American football, fabric measurements, US/UK outdoor distances |
| Mile | mi | Road distances in the US and UK |
Meters to Feet Conversion Table
| Meters [m] | Feet [ft] |
|---|---|
| 1 m | 3.2808 ft |
| 1.5 m | 4.9213 ft |
| 1.8 m | 5.9055 ft |
| 2 m | 6.5617 ft |
| 2.5 m | 8.2021 ft |
| 3 m | 9.8425 ft |
| 5 m | 16.404 ft |
| 10 m | 32.808 ft |
| 20 m | 65.617 ft |
| 50 m | 164.04 ft |
| 100 m | 328.08 ft |
| 1000 m | 3280.8 ft |
How to Convert Meters to Feet
To convert meters to feet, multiply by 3.28084:
Example: Convert 5 meters to feet:
To convert feet back to meters, multiply by 0.3048:
Example: Convert 20 feet to meters:
When You Need to Convert Meters to Feet
Real estate listings are the most common driver. A European apartment listed at 85 m² with 2.8 m ceiling height needs to be described as 915 sq ft with 9.18 ft ceilings for US buyers or rental platforms with imperial defaults. A 5 m room that feels spacious in metric needs its 16.4 ft equivalent to make sense to someone accustomed to thinking in feet.
Swimming and athletics constantly cross between metric race distances and imperial venue measurements. Olympic pools are 50 m long — 164.04 feet — but many US pools are 25 yards (75 feet) or 25 meters (82 feet). A coach comparing race splits from a 50 m international meet to a short-course yard pool needs precise conversions for fair performance analysis.
Mountain elevations and geographic data are nearly always expressed in meters globally but reported in feet in US media and hiking apps. Mount Everest is 8,849 m — 29,032 feet. A trekker planning a route using a European map (meters) alongside a US trail app (feet) needs this converter to reconcile waypoint elevations and understand whether a climb is within their fitness range.