Feet to Centimeters
Convert international feet to centimeters. One foot is exactly 30.48 cm. Type a decimal foot such as 5.5, not 5 feet 6 inches as two fields.
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How to convert feet to centimeters
- Enter the length in feet. Use a decimal for leftover inches (6 inches is 0.5 ft).
- Keep From as Feet and To as Centimeters, or pick millimeters or meters.
- Read centimeters. Multiply feet by 30.48.
- Swap units to go from centimeters back to feet. Open height if you have feet and inches as two numbers.
International foot
Length (SI meter)
| Foot | 1 ft = 0.3048 m = 30.48 cm exactly |
|---|---|
| Inch | 1 in = 2.54 cm, 12 in = 1 ft |
| Centimeter | 1 cm = 0.01 m |
| Millimeter | 1 ft = 304.8 mm |
| Yard | 1 yd = 91.44 cm |
| Height pair | Feet plus leftover inches use the height converter |
What feet to centimeters does
This spoke starts at feet and targets centimeters on the shared length engine. Because 1 ft = 0.3048 m, one foot is 30.48 cm and 304.8 mm with exact factors. A value of 5.75 ft is 5 ft 9 in if you think in leftover inches, but this form only sees the decimal 5.75.
Millimeters from feet sit on feet to mm. The hub is length. Two-field stature is height.
Foot to centimeter factor
cm = ft × 30.48. ft = cm / 30.48. mm = ft × 304.8. m = ft × 0.3048. Convert leftover inches to a decimal foot first: inches / 12, then add to whole feet, then multiply by 30.48.
Decimal feet versus feet and inches
Architecture sometimes quotes 12.5 ft. People quote 5 ft 7 in. Those are different input shapes. This page is the first. Height is the second. Do not type 57 and hope the engine reads 5 ft 7 in. That 57 would be 57 feet.
When to convert feet to centimeters here
Move a ceiling height, a rope, or a decimal stature into centimeters. Use feet to mm when a shop drawing is in millimeters. Use inches to cm when the tape is already in inches.
What this page does not do
It does not accept a feet field and an inches field. It does not convert the survey foot. It does not convert area. Input stays in this tab.