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Meter Converter

Convert meters to millimeters, centimeters, kilometers, inches, feet, yards, or miles and back.

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Quick Summary

Use this when you need:

Convert room and furniture dimensions from meters to feet and inches
Translate track distances listed in meters into miles or yards
Switch between metric prefixes (mm, cm, km) without manual scaling

You’ll get:Length

How this is calculated

Formula:

ft = m / 0.3048; in = m / 0.0254; km = m / 1000

In plain language:

Meters are the base unit. Conversions scale by fixed factors such as 1 ft = 0.3048 m and 1 in = 0.0254 m.

The formula is always visible so you can verify the math and explain your numbers to anyone who asks.

What these terms mean

Length

Length used in the calculation.

When to use this calculator

Convert room and furniture dimensions from meters to feet and inches
Translate track distances listed in meters into miles or yards
Switch between metric prefixes (mm, cm, km) without manual scaling

Last updated: December 26, 2025

Meter converter explained

Meters show up in floor plans, product specs, and track workouts. This meter converter turns m into common metric units (mm, cm, km) and US units (in, ft, yd, mi), and it also works in reverse.

How the conversion works

Most meter conversions are a single multiply or divide. Two exact relationships do most of the work:

1\\,\\text{in} = 0.0254\\,\\text{m}

1\\,\\text{ft} = 0.3048\\,\\text{m}

From those, you can convert meters to feet and inches:

\\text{ft} = \\frac{\\text{m}}{0.3048}

\\text{in} = \\frac{\\text{m}}{0.0254}

Units and conversions

Unit	Symbol	Relation to meters
Millimeter	mm	$1\\,\\text{mm} = 10^{-3}\\,\\text{m}$
Centimeter	cm	$1\\,\\text{cm} = 10^{-2}\\,\\text{m}$
Meter	m	base unit
Kilometer	km	$1\\,\\text{km} = 1000\\,\\text{m}$
Inch	in	$1\\,\\text{in} = 0.0254\\,\\text{m}$
Foot	ft	$1\\,\\text{ft} = 0.3048\\,\\text{m}$

Worked examples

Converting 12 m to feet
$\\text{ft} = \\frac{12}{0.3048} = 39.3701\\,\\text{ft}$
Result: 39.3701 ft.
Converting 100 ft to meters
$\\text{m} = 100\\,\\text{ft} \\times 0.3048 = 30.48\\,\\text{m}$
Result: 30.48 m.

Tips and pitfalls

Keep enough decimals when you convert to inches; small rounding errors show up fast in finish work.
If you want a human-friendly height format, use feet plus inches instead of decimal feet.
For running and cycling, compare kilometers and miles with a consistent rounding rule per split.

References and further reading

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Last updated: December 26, 2025

Meter converter explained

Meters show up in floor plans, product specs, and track workouts. This meter converter turns m into common metric units (mm, cm, km) and US units (in, ft, yd, mi), and it also works in reverse.

How the conversion works

Most meter conversions are a single multiply or divide. Two exact relationships do most of the work:

1\\,\\text{in} = 0.0254\\,\\text{m}

1\\,\\text{ft} = 0.3048\\,\\text{m}

From those, you can convert meters to feet and inches:

\\text{ft} = \\frac{\\text{m}}{0.3048}

\\text{in} = \\frac{\\text{m}}{0.0254}

Units and conversions

Unit	Symbol	Relation to meters
Millimeter	mm	$1\\,\\text{mm} = 10^{-3}\\,\\text{m}$
Centimeter	cm	$1\\,\\text{cm} = 10^{-2}\\,\\text{m}$
Meter	m	base unit
Kilometer	km	$1\\,\\text{km} = 1000\\,\\text{m}$
Inch	in	$1\\,\\text{in} = 0.0254\\,\\text{m}$
Foot	ft	$1\\,\\text{ft} = 0.3048\\,\\text{m}$

Worked examples

Converting 12 m to feet
$\\text{ft} = \\frac{12}{0.3048} = 39.3701\\,\\text{ft}$
Result: 39.3701 ft.
Converting 100 ft to meters
$\\text{m} = 100\\,\\text{ft} \\times 0.3048 = 30.48\\,\\text{m}$
Result: 30.48 m.

Tips and pitfalls

Keep enough decimals when you convert to inches; small rounding errors show up fast in finish work.
If you want a human-friendly height format, use feet plus inches instead of decimal feet.
For running and cycling, compare kilometers and miles with a consistent rounding rule per split.

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How this is calculated

What these terms mean

Length

When to use this calculator

Meter converter explained

How the conversion works

Units and conversions

Worked examples

Tips and pitfalls

References and further reading

Frequently Asked Questions

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