One hectare is exactly 10,000 square meters. The name says it: a hectare is one hundred ares, and an are is 100 m². So multiply hectares by 10,000, or simply move the decimal point four places to the right. You need this direction when a land figure in hectares has to be compared with a plot plan, a building permit or a price per square meter.
Formula
Hectares to Square Meters conversion table
| Hectares | Square Meters |
|---|---|
| 1 ha | 10,000 m² |
| 2 ha | 20,000 m² |
| 3 ha | 30,000 m² |
| 4 ha | 40,000 m² |
| 5 ha | 50,000 m² |
| 6 ha | 60,000 m² |
| 7 ha | 70,000 m² |
| 8 ha | 80,000 m² |
| 9 ha | 90,000 m² |
| 10 ha | 100,000 m² |
| 12 ha | 120,000 m² |
| 15 ha | 150,000 m² |
| 20 ha | 200,000 m² |
| 25 ha | 250,000 m² |
| 30 ha | 300,000 m² |
| 40 ha | 400,000 m² |
| 50 ha | 500,000 m² |
| 60 ha | 600,000 m² |
| 70 ha | 700,000 m² |
| 75 ha | 750,000 m² |
| 80 ha | 800,000 m² |
| 90 ha | 900,000 m² |
| 100 ha | 1,000,000 m² |
Where you’ll use it
Deeds and cadastral records in Spain, France, Italy and Latin America often write areas as hectares, ares and centiares. An entry such as 2 ha 35 a 12 ca means 2 hectares plus 35 ares plus 12 square meters, or 23,512 m² in total. Developers who buy farmland in hectares and sell plots in square meters use this conversion at every step, and so do valuers comparing a rural price per hectare with an urban price per square meter.
Tip: Watch the decimal separator. In much of Europe and Latin America a comma marks decimals, so 1,5 ha means one and a half hectares (15,000 m²), not fifteen hundred.