Meters to Feet
Fixpio’s meters to feet converter restates a length in metres as feet while you type — a room on a floor plan, a person’s height, a ceiling or a piece of timber. One metre is 3.28084 feet, because the foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 metres. The same card also converts millimetres, centimetres, kilometres, inches, yards and miles in either direction, so any length you meet can be restated in the unit you think in.
Convert Metres to Feet
Enter a length and choose your units — the result appears straight away.
Result: 1 Metres = 3.28 Feet
Result = value × (from unit in metres ÷ to unit in metres). For example, 1 metre = 1 ÷ 0.3048 feet.
The metre measurements people convert most
Rooms, heights and building work — where feet still do the talking.
Rooms and floor plans
A bedroom drawn as 4 m × 3.5 m is 13.12 ft × 11.48 ft. Converting the plan tells you at a glance whether a US-sized rug, bed or sofa fits the space.
Heights, human and otherwise
Ceiling heights, door openings and people: 2.4 m ceilings are 7.87 ft, and a 1.75 m person is 5.74 ft — about 5 feet 9 inches.
Building and timber
Lumber and sheet goods are often specified in feet in US catalogues while the job is measured in metres. Converting first keeps the order and the cuts right.
About this converter
Most visits here start with a floor plan, a listing or a height in metres and a reader who thinks in feet. The relationship is exact: the foot is defined as precisely 0.3048 metres, so converting metres to feet is a division — metres ÷ 0.3048 — and 1 metre comes out at 3.28084 feet. There is no rounding hidden in the factor itself; the only rounding is in how many decimals you choose to read.
The card covers the whole length family, not just this pair. Every value is first expressed in metres, then converted to the unit you chose: a metre is 100 centimetres or 1,000 millimetres, a yard is 0.9144 metres and a mile is 1,609.344 metres. One reading tip for heights: this converter gives decimal feet (5.91 ft). To say it as feet and inches, take the whole number as feet and multiply the remainder by 12 — 0.91 × 12 ≈ 10.9, so 5.91 ft is about 5 feet 11 inches — or convert the same figure to inches and divide by 12.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about metres, feet and feet-and-inches.
How many feet are in a metre?
3.28084 feet. The foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 metres, so 1 ÷ 0.3048 = 3.28084. For a rough mental estimate, multiplying metres by 3.28 is close; for anything you will cut, order or sign, use the converter’s exact figure.
How tall is 1.8 metres in feet?
1.8 m = 5.9055 feet — shown as 5.91 ft at two decimals. Read as feet and inches, that is 5 feet and 0.9055 × 12 ≈ 10.9 inches, so about 5′11″. A 1.75 m person is 5.74 ft, about 5′9″.
How do I convert feet back into metres?
Multiply by 0.3048, or set From to Feet and To to Metres in the converter. Ten feet is 3.048 m; a 12-foot room is 3.6576 m. The Swap control runs the same pair in reverse.
Why does the result show decimal feet instead of feet and inches?
Because decimal feet are what plans, listings and calculators work in — one number is easier to compare and multiply than two. The conversion to feet-and-inches is simple: whole feet first, then the decimal part times 12 gives the inches, as the worked example in the guide above shows.
How many metres is a mile, and how many feet?
A mile is exactly 1,609.344 metres, which is 5,280 feet. Both units are in the converter’s list, so a road distance, a runway or a cable run can be restated either way.
Is this converter free, and are my numbers uploaded?
Yes, it is free, and no. The conversion runs entirely in your browser — there is no sign-up, and the values you type are not sent to or stored on a server.