One foot is exactly 0.3048 meters. Multiply feet by 0.3048 to get meters; 100 feet is exactly 30.48 meters. Since 1959 this is the international foot used in construction, trade and, since 2023, in US surveying too. You need this direction when US or older British plans, lot frontages, ceiling heights or elevations have to be put into metric. Because the factor is exact, any rounding happens only in the final answer.
Formula
Feet to Meters conversion table
| Feet | Meters |
|---|---|
| 0.25 ft | 0.0762 m |
| 0.5 ft | 0.1524 m |
| 1 ft | 0.3048 m |
| 2 ft | 0.6096 m |
| 3 ft | 0.9144 m |
| 4 ft | 1.2192 m |
| 5 ft | 1.524 m |
| 6 ft | 1.8288 m |
| 7 ft | 2.1336 m |
| 8 ft | 2.4384 m |
| 9 ft | 2.7432 m |
| 10 ft | 3.048 m |
| 15 ft | 4.572 m |
| 20 ft | 6.096 m |
| 25 ft | 7.62 m |
| 30 ft | 9.144 m |
| 40 ft | 12.192 m |
| 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 60 ft | 18.288 m |
| 70 ft | 21.336 m |
| 75 ft | 22.86 m |
| 80 ft | 24.384 m |
| 90 ft | 27.432 m |
| 100 ft | 30.48 m |
| 250 ft | 76.2 m |
| 500 ft | 152.4 m |
| 1,000 ft | 304.8 m |
Where you’ll use it
US building plans, property line lengths, setbacks and fence runs are in feet. So are elevations on many US topographic maps and aircraft altitudes worldwide. Engineers working for international clients, students, and anyone importing US designs into metric software convert in this direction. When you measure a boundary in the Land Measure app, each side's length can be shown in feet or meters, so you can check one against the other.
Tip: Older US surveys may use the US survey foot, about 2 parts per million longer. That only matters on very large numbers, such as State Plane coordinates in the millions of feet, where it shifts the result by about 4 feet per 2,000,000 feet.