Convert feet to cm

One foot equals 30.48 centimeters. To convert any number of feet to centimeters, multiply by 30.48.

The converter above works in both directions and updates as you type. Below you will find the formula, a worked example and a reference table of common values.

Length conversions come up wherever a measurement crosses a border: a height given in feet and inches on a form that wants centimetres, a running distance recorded in kilometres and compared against miles, a component specified in millimetres and ordered from a supplier working in inches. The conversions themselves are exact — the inch, foot, yard and mile have all been defined in metric terms since 1959 — so any discrepancy comes from rounding, not from the units disagreeing.

feet to cm formula

To go the other way, use foot = centimeter ÷ 30.48.

About these units

A foot is exactly 12 inches, or 0.3048 metres. It survives in aviation altitudes worldwide, even in otherwise fully metric countries.

The centimetre is a hundredth of a metre. It is the everyday unit for body height and clothing sizes almost everywhere outside the United States, where feet and inches persist.

Foot is also written feet. Centimeter is also written centimetre, centimetres and centimeters.

Sources

1. National Bureau of Standards, "Refinement of Values for the Yard and the Pound", Federal Register, 1 July 1959 — the international yard as exactly 0.9144 m and the avoirdupois pound as exactly 0.45359237 kg.