Metres to Feet

Convert metres to feet instantly, right here.

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Converts metres to feet in this tab, with nothing sent anywhere.

Metres

Runs entirely on your deviceThe conversion happens in this browser tab. Nothing you type is uploaded, logged or stored, which is worth knowing for anything you would not paste into a search box.

Feet

Type or paste, then run.

The result will appear here.

A 2.4 m ceiling is about 7.874 feet. Builders normally need feet and inches rather than decimal feet, so treat the result as a comparison figure unless the drawing or estimating system explicitly accepts decimals.

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About Metres to Feet

Metres measure rooms, heights, depths and distances in metric countries; feet do the same in the US and in aviation and construction worldwide. Converting metres to feet lets you read a metric length in the imperial units an American audience or a building plan expects. One metre is 3.2808 feet, a little over three and a quarter, so a 2-metre door is about 6 feet 7 inches tall. Swimming pools, ceiling heights and room dimensions are common cases, where a metric figure has to become feet and inches for a US builder, estate listing or diving depth. Hiking and climbing routes described in metres of ascent become feet for a US trail guide, where elevation gain is almost always quoted the imperial way. The decimal part of a foot is not inches; multiply that remainder by 12 for a feet-and-inches measurement.

Using Metres to Feet

Type a number of m. You can paste a value with its unit; the tool reads the number.
The exact factor is applied and the result is shown as ft, updating live as you type.
Copy the answer, or switch to the reverse converter to go from ft back to m.

Where metres to feet helps

A room height

A 2.4 m ceiling becomes about 7.9 feet for a US contractor.

Both directions

Need the opposite? The ft-to-m converter is linked below and uses the exact inverse factor.

Separate whole feet and the remainder

For 2 metres, the decimal result is about 6.5617 feet. The remainder after 6 whole feet is 0.5617 x 12, or about 6.74 inches. Writing 6 feet 56 inches would misread the decimal output. Use the precision appropriate to the measuring instrument.

Before you use the result

The result is rounded for readability, so a value converted and then converted back may differ in the last decimal place. The underlying factor is exact.
Units in your input are ignored - only the number is read - so make sure the figure you type is really in m.

Questions about Metres to Feet

How many feet in a metre?

About 3.2808 feet make one metre - a bit more than three and a quarter, not a round three, which is where quick estimates fall short.

Is my data uploaded?

No. Metres to Feet does the arithmetic in this browser tab; the value is calculated on your device and is not sent to a server.