cm to feet converter

How to convert centimeters to feet

Divide centimetres by 30.48 to get decimal feet. One hundred eighty centimetres is 5.906 feet, which is 5 feet and 10.9 inches if you split the fraction. The factor is exact because the foot is exact. People often want the feet-and-inches form for height and the decimal form for a drawing. This page gives the decimal. Multiply the part after the point by 12 for the inches, and round the inches at the end, not before the division.

A metric height on a form that asks for feet, or a furniture dimension. 160 cm is 5.249 feet (5 feet 3.0 inches). 200 cm is 6.562 feet. A 90 cm counter is 2.953 feet, just under a yard. The inches page is better when the source is already a small number of centimetres and you do not want feet at all.

Exact formula

Formulafeet = centimeters ÷ 30.48

feet = centimeters ÷ 30.48 One cm is 0.0328083989501 ft. Ten cm is 0.328083989501 ft. The worked example below uses that same conversion.

Conversion table

The centimeters column runs from 10 cm (0.3281 ft) through 500 cm (16.404 ft).

Worked example: Centimeters to Feet

A height of 180 cm is 5.906 ft in decimal feet. Split the fraction yourself if you want feet and inches: multiply the part after the point by 12. 170 cm is 5.577 ft. Thirty centimetres is not a foot. It is 0.9843 ft, because a foot is 30.48 cm. 5.9 feet is not 5 feet 9 inches. 0.9 × 12 is 10.8 inches. Rounding to one decimal foot before you convert the remainder invents a wrong inch. Area in square centimetres does not use this division.

Pitfalls for centimeters to feet

• Do not divide by 30. The defined foot is 30.48 cm, and the error is visible on a tape.
• 5.9 feet is not 5 feet 9 inches. 0.9 × 12 is 10.8 inches.
• Rounding the feet to one decimal before converting the remainder invents a wrong inch.
• Centimetres and centimetres squared are different. This page is length.