Area Converter

How area conversion works

Result = Value × (m² per “from” unit) ÷ (m² per “to” unit)

Area units are squares of length units, so their conversion factors are the length factor squared. One foot is 0.3048 m, so one square foot is 0.3048 × 0.3048 = 0.09290304 m².

Example: a 50 m² apartment is 50 ÷ 0.09290304 = 538.1955208 square feet, about 538 ft².

The most common mistake is using the length factor for an area. A meter is about 3.28 feet, but a square meter is about 10.76 square feet (3.28 × 3.28), not 3.28.

Area of a room or plot

For a rectangle, multiply length by width in the same unit, then convert the result. A room of 3.6 m × 4.5 m is 16.2 m², which is 174.4 ft². A room of 12 ft × 15 ft is 180 ft², which is 16.72 m². If the sides are in different units, convert them to the same unit first with the length converter.

The exact definitions used

Handy reference values

Which units are used where?

Most countries give floor areas in square meters and land in square meters or hectares. In the United States, floor areas are given in square feet and land in acres; the UK often uses square feet for property and acres for land alongside metric units. A hectare is a square 100 m on each side, about 1.4 times the area of a standard 105 m × 68 m soccer pitch (7,140 m²).

Many countries also have traditional land units with local definitions (for example the Japanese tsubo or the Indian bigha, which varies by region). Those are not included here because their size is not the same everywhere.

Common questions

Is a UK acre the same as a US acre?

Yes, both are 4,840 square yards of the international yard, exactly 4,046.8564224 m². Some older US land records use the survey acre, based on the US survey foot retired in 2023, which is larger by about 4 parts per million (about 4,046.873 m²). The difference only matters for precise surveying.

What does “sq ft” or “sqm” mean?

They are informal abbreviations for square feet (ft²) and square meters (m²), common in property listings.

Can I convert square meters to meters?

No. Square meters measure area and meters measure length, so there is no conversion between them. If you know an area and one side of a rectangle, divide the area by that side to get the other side.