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Feet to Centimeters Converter

Convert feet (ft) to centimeters (cm), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Convert a length from one unit to another. For inches, feet and yards you also get feet and inches with a tape-measure fraction.

About valueEnter a number, a fraction such as 3/8, a mixed number such as 1 3/8, or simple arithmetic such as 2*3.
About to unitUnit to convert into.
About round inches to nearestSmallest inch fraction used when showing feet and inches.
Result
Result
30.48 cm
miles
0.000189393939394
yards
0.333333333333
inches
12
kilometers
0.0003048
meters
0.3048
millimeters
304.8
micrometers
304800
nanometers
304800000
light-years
3.22173854211 × 10^-17
US survey feet
0.999998

1 ft = 30.48 cm

Show the working
  1. 1 ft = 30.48 cm
  2. 1 × 30.48 = 30.48 cm

How to convert feet to centimeters

1 ft = 30.48 cm, so multiply by 30.48 to go from feet to centimeters. Going the other way, 1 cm = 0.0328083989501 ft.

cm = ft × 30.48
ft = cm × 0.0328083989501

Worked example:

1 ft = 30.48 cm
5 × 30.48 = 152.4 cm

Feet to centimeters table

FeetCentimeters
1 ft30.48 cm
2 ft60.96 cm
3 ft91.44 cm
4 ft121.92 cm
5 ft152.4 cm
6 ft182.88 cm
7 ft213.36 cm
8 ft243.84 cm
9 ft274.32 cm
10 ft304.8 cm
15 ft457.2 cm
20 ft609.6 cm
25 ft762 cm
30 ft914.4 cm
40 ft1219.2 cm
50 ft1524 cm
75 ft2286 cm
100 ft3048 cm
250 ft7620 cm
500 ft15240 cm
1000 ft30480 cm

About the units

Feet (ft)
Feet, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (international yard and pound, 1959).
Centimeters (cm)
Centimeters, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).

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