How many feet is 3 meters?

3 ÷ 0.3048 = 9.84 ft (9 ft 10.1 in).

How do I convert meters to feet and inches?

Divide by 0.3048 to get feet, keep the whole number, and multiply the decimal part by 12 for inches: 1.7 m → 5.577 ft → 5 ft 6.9 in.

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Meters to Feet

Divide meters by 0.3048 to get feet. Switch the result to feet + inches when you need a height or room size the U.S. way.

Last updated: 2026-09-29

Key Formula

1 m ≈ 3.2808 ft

1 ft = 0.3048 m

3.2808

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Meters → Feet

Meters → Feet 0.5–5 m
m	ft
0.5 m	1.640 ft
1 m	3.281 ft
1.5 m	4.921 ft
2 m	6.562 ft
2.5 m	8.202 ft
3 m	9.843 ft
3.5 m	11.483 ft
4 m	13.123 ft
4.5 m	14.764 ft
5 m	16.404 ft

Meters → Feet 6–100 m
m	ft
6 m	19.685 ft
7 m	22.966 ft
8 m	26.247 ft
9 m	29.528 ft
10 m	32.808 ft
15 m	49.213 ft
20 m	65.617 ft
30 m	98.425 ft
50 m	164.042 ft
100 m	328.084 ft

Starting from feet? Convert feet to meters

How to convert meters to feet

ft = m ÷ 0.3048 (≈ m × 3.28084)

Dividing by the exact 0.3048 gives the precise answer; multiplying by 3.28084 is a close shortcut.

10 meters

10 m × (1 ft / 0.3048 m)
= 32.808 ft

1.8 m as feet and inches

1.8 ÷ 0.3048 = 5.9055 ft
keep 5 ft; 0.9055 × 12 = 10.87 in
rounded: 5 ft 10.9 in

What is a meter?

The meter is the SI base unit of length. It is the distance light travels in vacuum in 1/299 792 458 of a second; that light-based definition dates from 1983, and the SI revision in force since 20 May 2019 restates it by treating the speed of light as an exact constant.

Feet are tied to the meter through the 1959 yard of 0.9144 m, which makes one foot 0.3048 m. Going the other way, a meter is 1/0.3048 = 3.280 839 895… feet, a decimal that never ends.

Source: BIPM — SI base unit: metre (retrieved 2026-09-29) / Resolution 1 (2018) — 26th CGPM, BIPM (retrieved 2026-09-29) / US Metric Association — Refinement of Values for the Yard and the Pound (retrieved 2026-09-29)

References

How the meter is defined and how the foot was pinned to it.

BIPM — SI base unit: metre

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures' definition of the meter.

US Metric Association — Refinement of Values for the Yard and the Pound

Explains the 1959 yard of 0.9144 m that fixes one meter at 3.2808… feet.

FAQ

3.2808 ft, which is 3 feet 3.37 inches.