How many feet deep is a meter?

Use our calculator for conversions involving meters, feet and inches (m, ft and in), all of which are units of length or height.

Disclaimer: Whilst every effort has been made in building our calculator tools, we are not to be held liable for any damages or monetary losses arising out of or in connection with their use. Full disclaimer.

How to convert meters to feet

There are 3.28084 feet in 1 meter. To convert meters to feet, multiply your meters figure by 3.28. To convert feet to meters, divide your feet figure by 3.28.

As an example, let's say you have 5m of wrapping paper on a roll. If you want to know how many feet it measures, your calculation will be: 5 × 3.28084 = 16.404 ft. Take a look at the articles section for a feature on how many feet are in a meter.

Meters to feet chart

Meters to feetMeters to feet1 m = 3.281 ft21 m = 68.898 ft2 m = 6.562 ft22 m = 72.178 ft3 m = 9.843 ft23 m = 75.459 ft4 m = 13.123 ft24 m = 78.74 ft5 m = 16.404 ft25 m = 82.021 ft6 m = 19.685 ft26 m = 85.302 ft7 m = 22.966 ft27 m = 88.583 ft8 m = 26.247 ft28 m = 91.864 ft9 m = 29.528 ft29 m = 95.144 ft10 m = 32.808 ft30 m = 98.425 ft11 m = 36.089 ft31 m = 101.706 ft12 m = 39.37 ft32 m = 104.987 ft13 m = 42.651 ft33 m = 108.268 ft14 m = 45.932 ft34 m = 111.549 ft15 m = 49.213 ft35 m = 114.829 ft16 m = 52.493 ft36 m = 118.11 ft17 m = 55.774 ft37 m = 121.391 ft18 m = 59.055 ft38 m = 124.672 ft19 m = 62.336 ft39 m = 127.953 ft20 m = 65.617 ft40 m = 131.234 ft

Note that you can convert between feet and inches here.

How many feet are in a meter?

1 meter is equal to:

• 3.28084 feet
• 3 feet and 3.3701 inches
• 39.3701 inches

To convert directly between meters and feet or meters and inches (plus many other units of length, distance and height), please use the length and distance converter. You will also find a converter for centimeters to feet and inches here.

Definition: A meter, or metre (symbol: m), is the base unit of length and distance in the International System of Units (SI). The meter is defined as the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 of a second. This definition was slightly modified in 2019 to reflect changes in the definition of the second.

History/origin: Originally, in 1793, the meter was defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. This changed in 1889, when the International prototype metre was established as the length of a prototype meter bar (made of an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium) measured at the melting point of ice. In 1960, the meter was again redefined, this time in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. The current definition of the meter is effectively the same as the definition that was adopted in 1983, with slight modifications due to the change in definition of the second.

Current use: Being the SI unit of length, the meter is used worldwide in many applications such as measuring distance, height, length, width, etc. The United States is one notable exception in that it largely uses US customary units such as yards, inches, feet, and miles instead of meters in everyday use.

Foot

Definition: A foot (symbol: ft) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. A foot was defined as exactly 0.3048 meters in 1959. One foot contains 12 inches, and one yard is comprised of three feet.

History/origin: Prior to standardization of units of measurement, and the definition of the foot currently in use, the measurement of the foot was used in many different systems including the Greek, Roman, English, Chinese, and French systems, varying in length between each. The various lengths were due to parts of the human body historically being used as a basis for units of length (such as the cubit, hand, span, digit, and many others, sometimes referred to as anthropic units). This resulted in the measurement of a foot varying between 250 mm and 335 mm in the past compared to the current definition of 304.8 mm. While the United States is one of the few, if not only, countries in which the foot is still widely used, many countries used their own version of the foot prior to metrication, as evidenced by a fairly large list of obsolete feet measurements.

Current use: The foot is primarily used in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for many everyday applications. In the US, feet and inches are commonly used to measure height, shorter distances, field length (sometimes in the form of yards), etc. Feet are also commonly used to measure altitude (aviation) as well as elevation (such as that of a mountain). The international foot corresponds to human feet with shoe size 13 (UK), 14 (US male), 15.5 (US female), or 46 (EU).

Use this calculator for meters to feet conversion (m to ft). Input meters and specify how many decimal places you want in the answer in feet.

You can also convert from meters to feet and inches. Just specify how many fractions of an inch for your answer. Input 1 for whole inches, 2 for half inches, 8 for 8ths of an inch, etc., up to 64ths of an inch.

This calculator reduces fractions of an inch when possible. For example if you need accuracy in 8ths of an inch and your conversion results in 4/8 of an inch, then the fraction is reduced to 1/2 inch.

Meters to Feet and Inches Conversion

This table shows common meter to feet conversions. Accuracy is up to 5 decimal places for meters to feet and to the nearest 16th of an inch for meters to feet and inches.

• 1 meter to feet is 3.28084 ft = 3 ft, 3 3/8 in
• 2 meters to feet is 6.56168 ft = 6 ft, 6 3/4 in
• 3 meters to feet is 9.84252 ft = 9 ft, 10 1/8 in
• 4 meters to feet is 13.12336 ft = 13 ft, 1 1/2 in
• 5 meters to feet is 16.4042 ft = 16 ft, 4 7/8 in
• 6 meters to feet is 19.68504 ft = 19 ft, 8 1/4 in
• 7 meters to feet is 22.96588 ft = 22 ft, 11 9/16 in
• 8 meters to feet is 26.24672 ft = 26 ft, 15/16 in
• 9 meters to feet is 29.52756 ft = 29 ft, 6 5/16 in
• 10 meters to feet is 32.8084 ft = 32 ft, 9 11/16 in
• 11 meters to feet is 36.08924 ft = 36 ft, 1 1/16 in
• 12 meters to feet is 39.37008 ft = 39 ft, 4 7/16 in

How to Convert Meters to Feet

There are 3.28084 feet per meter. So if you want to convert meters to feet using your own calculator, just multiply your number of meters by 3.28084.

Example Meters to Feet Conversion

You have a roll of tape and the label says there are 15 meters of tape on the roll. How many feet of tape are on the roll? Multiply 15 meters by 3.28084 and you get 49.2126 feet of tape.

Is a meter exactly 3 feet?

How far is a meter deep?

What size is 2 meters in feet?

Is 1 foot is the same as 1 meter?