Meters to Feet Converter [Height in Feet & Inches]

To convert meters to feet, divide by 0.3048 (or multiply by 3.28084); to convert feet to meters, multiply by 0.3048. So 1 m is 3.2808 ft, 1.8 m is 5.906 ft (5′ 11″) and 1.6 m is 5.249 ft (5′ 3″). The converter above gives decimal feet, feet and inches to the nearest quarter inch and to the whole inch, plus centimeters and yards. Switch it to "feet and inches → meters" for the reverse, including large values such as altitudes.

Most people look up meters to feet for height: a passport, visa or medical form in one system, a dating profile or sports roster in the other. The full height chart below lists every centimeter from 1.40 m to 2.10 m. The same converter also handles room sizes, pool depths, ceiling heights and elevations.

How to convert meters to feet and inches

Divide the meters by 0.0254 to get total inches: 1.75 m ÷ 0.0254 = 68.9 in.
Divide the inches by 12. The whole number is feet: 68.9 ÷ 12 = 5 remainder 8.9.
Round the remainder to the precision you need. To the nearest inch that is 5 ft 9 in; to the nearest quarter, 5 ft 9 in.
For decimal feet only, divide meters by 0.3048: 1.75 ÷ 0.3048 = 5.741 ft. Do not read the decimal as inches (5.74 ft is not 5 ft 7.4 in; see below).

The constants come from NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C: 1 foot = 0.3048 meter (exactly) and 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters (exactly), so 1 inch = 0.0254 m. NIST SP 811 prints the foot-to-meter factor 3.048 × 10⁻¹ in bold, marking it exact. The reciprocal, 3.280839895…, never ends, which is why 3.28084 is a rounded factor and dividing by 0.3048 is the exact route.

1.8 m in feet

1.8 m = 5.9055 ft = 5 ft 11 in to the nearest inch. On a height chart that reads 5′ 11″, but the exact value, 5 ft 10 3/4 in, is a quarter inch short of 5′ 11″. Six feet is 1.8288 m, so 1.80 m is about 2.9 cm under six feet.

1.6 m in feet

1.6 m = 5.2493 ft = 5 ft 3 in to the nearest inch. Here the rounding is tiny: the exact value is 62.99 in, so 1.6 m is almost exactly 5′ 3″. 1.60 m and 160 cm are the same height.

1 m in feet

1 m = 3.2808 ft = 3 ft 3 in to the nearest inch. One meter is 39.37 inches, about 3 ft 3 1/4 in, and a little longer than a yard (0.9144 m).

1.64 m in feet

1.64 m = 5.3806 ft = 5 ft 5 in to the nearest inch. The exact value is 64.57 in, 5 ft 4 1/2 in to the nearest quarter inch, so it rounds up to 5′ 5″.

1.65 m in feet

1.65 m = 5.4134 ft = 5 ft 5 in to the nearest inch. The exact value is 64.96 in, almost exactly 5′ 5″. 1.64 m and 1.65 m both round to the same whole inch.

1.83 m in feet and inches

1.83 m = 6.0039 ft = 6 ft 0 in to the nearest inch. 1.83 m is 72.05 inches, 6 ft 0 in to the nearest quarter. That is just 1.2 mm over six feet, so for everyday purposes 1.83 m and six feet are the same height.

18,000 feet to meters

18,000 ft = 18,000 × 0.3048 = 5,486.4 m, about 5.49 km. In US aviation that altitude is a fixed boundary: under 14 CFR § 71.33, Class A airspace runs from 18,000 feet MSL up to and including FL600. If old survey data used the U.S. survey foot (1200/3937 m), the same 18,000 ft would be 5,486.411 m, only 1.1 cm more. NIST retired the survey foot for new work after December 31, 2022, so use 0.3048.

Why decimal feet and feet-and-inches look different

A converter that only prints decimal feet can mislead with heights. 1.75 m is 5.74 ft, and it is tempting to read that as 5 ft 7 in. It is really 5 ft 9 in, because 0.74 ft × 12 = 8.9 in. The rule: the part after the decimal point is a fraction of a foot, not a count of inches. The feet to inches converter covers this in detail, and the decimal feet to feet and inches tool rounds to tape-measure fractions.

How much precision does a height need?

One centimeter is 0.394 inch, so consecutive centimeters often round to the same whole inch (1.64 m and 1.65 m both become 5′ 5″), and sometimes an inch is skipped. A whole inch is fine for forms. If you are comparing two heights or tracking a child's growth, keep the centimeters or use the quarter-inch result.

Worked examples

Ceiling height 2.4 m: 7.874 ft, 7 ft 10 in.
Room 4.5 m long: 14.76 ft, 14 ft 9 in.
Pool depth 1.2 m: 3.94 ft, 3 ft 11 in.
Height 5′ 4″ to meters: 64 in × 0.0254 = 1.6256 m.
100 m sprint in feet: 328.1 ft.

Common mistakes

Using 3.3 or 3.28. 3.3 overstates by about 0.6%: 1.8 m × 3.3 = 5.94 ft instead of 5.91. That is 0.41 in too tall: fine for a guess, not for a form.
Reading decimal feet as inches. 5.25 ft is 5 ft 3 in, not 5 ft 2.5 in.
Mixing meters and centimeters. Enter 165 cm with the cm unit, or 1.65 with m. 165 m is a building, not a person.
Rounding twice. Convert meters to total inches first, then split into feet and inches. Rounding the decimal feet first can shift the result by an inch.

Height chart: meters to feet and inches (1.40–2.10 m)

Every centimeter, with decimal feet, the nearest quarter inch and the nearest whole inch.

Meters to feet and inches, 1.40 m to 2.10 m
Meters	cm	Feet	Nearest 1/4 in	Nearest inch
1.40 m	140	4.593	4′ 7″	4′ 7″
1.41 m	141	4.626	4′ 7 1/2″	4′ 8″
1.42 m	142	4.659	4′ 8″	4′ 8″
1.43 m	143	4.692	4′ 8 1/4″	4′ 8″
1.44 m	144	4.724	4′ 8 3/4″	4′ 9″
1.45 m	145	4.757	4′ 9″	4′ 9″
1.46 m	146	4.79	4′ 9 1/2″	4′ 9″
1.47 m	147	4.823	4′ 9 3/4″	4′ 10″
1.48 m	148	4.856	4′ 10 1/4″	4′ 10″
1.49 m	149	4.888	4′ 10 3/4″	4′ 11″
1.50 m	150	4.921	4′ 11″	4′ 11″
1.51 m	151	4.954	4′ 11 1/2″	4′ 11″
1.52 m	152	4.987	4′ 11 3/4″	5′ 0″
1.53 m	153	5.02	5′ 0 1/4″	5′ 0″
1.54 m	154	5.052	5′ 0 3/4″	5′ 1″
1.55 m	155	5.085	5′ 1″	5′ 1″
1.56 m	156	5.118	5′ 1 1/2″	5′ 1″
1.57 m	157	5.151	5′ 1 3/4″	5′ 2″
1.58 m	158	5.184	5′ 2 1/4″	5′ 2″
1.59 m	159	5.217	5′ 2 1/2″	5′ 3″
1.60 m	160	5.249	5′ 3″	5′ 3″
1.61 m	161	5.282	5′ 3 1/2″	5′ 3″
1.62 m	162	5.315	5′ 3 3/4″	5′ 4″
1.63 m	163	5.348	5′ 4 1/4″	5′ 4″
1.64 m	164	5.381	5′ 4 1/2″	5′ 5″
1.65 m	165	5.413	5′ 5″	5′ 5″
1.66 m	166	5.446	5′ 5 1/4″	5′ 5″
1.67 m	167	5.479	5′ 5 3/4″	5′ 6″
1.68 m	168	5.512	5′ 6 1/4″	5′ 6″
1.69 m	169	5.545	5′ 6 1/2″	5′ 7″
1.70 m	170	5.577	5′ 7″	5′ 7″
1.71 m	171	5.61	5′ 7 1/4″	5′ 7″
1.72 m	172	5.643	5′ 7 3/4″	5′ 8″
1.73 m	173	5.676	5′ 8″	5′ 8″
1.74 m	174	5.709	5′ 8 1/2″	5′ 9″
1.75 m	175	5.741	5′ 9″	5′ 9″
1.76 m	176	5.774	5′ 9 1/4″	5′ 9″
1.77 m	177	5.807	5′ 9 3/4″	5′ 10″
1.78 m	178	5.84	5′ 10″	5′ 10″
1.79 m	179	5.873	5′ 10 1/2″	5′ 10″
1.80 m	180	5.906	5′ 10 3/4″	5′ 11″
1.81 m	181	5.938	5′ 11 1/4″	5′ 11″
1.82 m	182	5.971	5′ 11 3/4″	6′ 0″
1.83 m	183	6.004	6′ 0″	6′ 0″
1.84 m	184	6.037	6′ 0 1/2″	6′ 0″
1.85 m	185	6.07	6′ 0 3/4″	6′ 1″
1.86 m	186	6.102	6′ 1 1/4″	6′ 1″
1.87 m	187	6.135	6′ 1 1/2″	6′ 2″
1.88 m	188	6.168	6′ 2″	6′ 2″
1.89 m	189	6.201	6′ 2 1/2″	6′ 2″
1.90 m	190	6.234	6′ 2 3/4″	6′ 3″
1.91 m	191	6.266	6′ 3 1/4″	6′ 3″
1.92 m	192	6.299	6′ 3 1/2″	6′ 4″
1.93 m	193	6.332	6′ 4″	6′ 4″
1.94 m	194	6.365	6′ 4 1/2″	6′ 4″
1.95 m	195	6.398	6′ 4 3/4″	6′ 5″
1.96 m	196	6.43	6′ 5 1/4″	6′ 5″
1.97 m	197	6.463	6′ 5 1/2″	6′ 6″
1.98 m	198	6.496	6′ 6″	6′ 6″
1.99 m	199	6.529	6′ 6 1/4″	6′ 6″
2.00 m	200	6.562	6′ 6 3/4″	6′ 7″
2.01 m	201	6.594	6′ 7 1/4″	6′ 7″
2.02 m	202	6.627	6′ 7 1/2″	6′ 8″
2.03 m	203	6.66	6′ 8″	6′ 8″
2.04 m	204	6.693	6′ 8 1/4″	6′ 8″
2.05 m	205	6.726	6′ 8 3/4″	6′ 9″
2.06 m	206	6.759	6′ 9″	6′ 9″
2.07 m	207	6.791	6′ 9 1/2″	6′ 9″
2.08 m	208	6.824	6′ 10″	6′ 10″
2.09 m	209	6.857	6′ 10 1/4″	6′ 10″
2.10 m	210	6.89	6′ 10 3/4″	6′ 11″

Feet and inches to meters (4′6″ to 7′0″)

Height in feet and inches to meters
Height	Inches	Meters	cm
4′ 6″	54	1.3716	137.16
4′ 7″	55	1.397	139.7
4′ 8″	56	1.4224	142.24
4′ 9″	57	1.4478	144.78
4′ 10″	58	1.4732	147.32
4′ 11″	59	1.4986	149.86
5′ 0″	60	1.524	152.4
5′ 1″	61	1.5494	154.94
5′ 2″	62	1.5748	157.48
5′ 3″	63	1.6002	160.02
5′ 4″	64	1.6256	162.56
5′ 5″	65	1.651	165.1
5′ 6″	66	1.6764	167.64
5′ 7″	67	1.7018	170.18
5′ 8″	68	1.7272	172.72
5′ 9″	69	1.7526	175.26
5′ 10″	70	1.778	177.8
5′ 11″	71	1.8034	180.34
6′ 0″	72	1.8288	182.88
6′ 1″	73	1.8542	185.42
6′ 2″	74	1.8796	187.96
6′ 3″	75	1.905	190.5
6′ 4″	76	1.9304	193.04
6′ 5″	77	1.9558	195.58
6′ 6″	78	1.9812	198.12
6′ 7″	79	2.0066	200.66
6′ 8″	80	2.032	203.2
6′ 9″	81	2.0574	205.74
6′ 10″	82	2.0828	208.28
6′ 11″	83	2.1082	210.82
7′ 0″	84	2.1336	213.36

Meters to feet chart: 1 to 100 m

Meters to feet, 1–100 m
Meters	Feet	Feet + inches
1 m	3.281	3 ft 3 in
2 m	6.562	6 ft 7 in
3 m	9.843	9 ft 10 in
4 m	13.123	13 ft 1 in
5 m	16.404	16 ft 5 in
6 m	19.685	19 ft 8 in
7 m	22.966	23 ft 0 in
8 m	26.247	26 ft 3 in
9 m	29.528	29 ft 6 in
10 m	32.808	32 ft 10 in
11 m	36.089	36 ft 1 in
12 m	39.37	39 ft 4 in
13 m	42.651	42 ft 8 in
14 m	45.932	45 ft 11 in
15 m	49.213	49 ft 3 in
16 m	52.493	52 ft 6 in
17 m	55.774	55 ft 9 in
18 m	59.055	59 ft 1 in
19 m	62.336	62 ft 4 in
20 m	65.617	65 ft 7 in
21 m	68.898	68 ft 11 in
22 m	72.178	72 ft 2 in
23 m	75.459	75 ft 6 in
24 m	78.74	78 ft 9 in
25 m	82.021	82 ft 0 in
26 m	85.302	85 ft 4 in
27 m	88.583	88 ft 7 in
28 m	91.864	91 ft 10 in
29 m	95.144	95 ft 2 in
30 m	98.425	98 ft 5 in
31 m	101.706	101 ft 8 in
32 m	104.987	105 ft 0 in
33 m	108.268	108 ft 3 in
34 m	111.549	111 ft 7 in
35 m	114.829	114 ft 10 in
36 m	118.11	118 ft 1 in
37 m	121.391	121 ft 5 in
38 m	124.672	124 ft 8 in
39 m	127.953	127 ft 11 in
40 m	131.234	131 ft 3 in
41 m	134.514	134 ft 6 in
42 m	137.795	137 ft 10 in
43 m	141.076	141 ft 1 in
44 m	144.357	144 ft 4 in
45 m	147.638	147 ft 8 in
46 m	150.919	150 ft 11 in
47 m	154.199	154 ft 2 in
48 m	157.48	157 ft 6 in
49 m	160.761	160 ft 9 in
50 m	164.042	164 ft 1 in
51 m	167.323	167 ft 4 in
52 m	170.604	170 ft 7 in
53 m	173.885	173 ft 11 in
54 m	177.165	177 ft 2 in
55 m	180.446	180 ft 5 in
56 m	183.727	183 ft 9 in
57 m	187.008	187 ft 0 in
58 m	190.289	190 ft 3 in
59 m	193.57	193 ft 7 in
60 m	196.85	196 ft 10 in
61 m	200.131	200 ft 2 in
62 m	203.412	203 ft 5 in
63 m	206.693	206 ft 8 in
64 m	209.974	210 ft 0 in
65 m	213.255	213 ft 3 in
66 m	216.535	216 ft 6 in
67 m	219.816	219 ft 10 in
68 m	223.097	223 ft 1 in
69 m	226.378	226 ft 5 in
70 m	229.659	229 ft 8 in
71 m	232.94	232 ft 11 in
72 m	236.22	236 ft 3 in
73 m	239.501	239 ft 6 in
74 m	242.782	242 ft 9 in
75 m	246.063	246 ft 1 in
76 m	249.344	249 ft 4 in
77 m	252.625	252 ft 7 in
78 m	255.906	255 ft 11 in
79 m	259.186	259 ft 2 in
80 m	262.467	262 ft 6 in
81 m	265.748	265 ft 9 in
82 m	269.029	269 ft 0 in
83 m	272.31	272 ft 4 in
84 m	275.591	275 ft 7 in
85 m	278.871	278 ft 10 in
86 m	282.152	282 ft 2 in
87 m	285.433	285 ft 5 in
88 m	288.714	288 ft 9 in
89 m	291.995	292 ft 0 in
90 m	295.276	295 ft 3 in
91 m	298.556	298 ft 7 in
92 m	301.837	301 ft 10 in
93 m	305.118	305 ft 1 in
94 m	308.399	308 ft 5 in
95 m	311.68	311 ft 8 in
96 m	314.961	315 ft 0 in
97 m	318.241	318 ft 3 in
98 m	321.522	321 ft 6 in
99 m	324.803	324 ft 10 in
100 m	328.084	328 ft 1 in

Altitude: feet to meters

Altitude in feet to meters
Feet	Meters
1,000 ft	304.8 m
3,000 ft	914.4 m
5,000 ft	1,524 m
8,000 ft	2,438.4 m
10,000 ft	3,048 m
12,500 ft	3,810 m
14,000 ft	4,267.2 m
18,000 ft	5,486.4 m
20,000 ft	6,096 m
25,000 ft	7,620 m
30,000 ft	9,144 m
35,000 ft	10,668 m
40,000 ft	12,192 m
45,000 ft	13,716 m

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Frequently asked questions

How many feet is 1.8 meters?

1.8 m = 5.9055 ft = 5 ft 10 3/4 in, which rounds to 5′ 11″.

What is 1.6 m in feet and inches?

1.6 m = 5.2493 ft, which is 5 ft 3 in (62.99 in).

How many feet are in 1 meter?

1 m = 3.28084 ft, or 39.37 inches. The exact value is 1 ÷ 0.3048.

What is 1.65 m in feet?

1.65 m = 5.4134 ft = 5 ft 5 in.

How tall is 1.64 m in feet?

1.64 m = 5.3806 ft, which is 5 ft 4 1/2 in, about 5′ 5″.

What is 1.83 m in feet and inches?

1.83 m = 72.05 in = 6 ft 0 in, essentially six feet.

How many meters is 18,000 feet?

18,000 ft × 0.3048 = 5,486.4 m. In US aviation, 18,000 ft MSL is the floor of Class A airspace under 14 CFR 71.33.

How do I convert feet and inches to meters?

Convert to inches, multiply by 0.0254. 5 ft 9 in = 69 in × 0.0254 = 1.7526 m.

How tall is 6 feet in meters?

6 ft = 1.8288 m (182.88 cm).

Is a meter longer than a yard?

Yes. 1 m = 1.0936 yd; a yard is 0.9144 m exactly.

Sources & method

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