Convert metres to feet

One metre is 3.2808399 feet. To convert any amount, multiply by 3.2808399. Going the other way, one foot is 0.3048 metres.

Multiply the metre figure by 3.2808399. So ft = m × 3.2808399. For a quick mental estimate, multiplying by about 3.28 gets you within a percent or so, which is close enough for most everyday purposes.

One metre is roughly the height of a kitchen counter plus a bit. The metre has been defined since 1983 as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second — a definition that ties it to a physical constant rather than to any object.

One foot is about the length of a standard ruler. The foot is exactly 0.3048 metres. It survives in aviation worldwide — altitudes are given in feet almost everywhere, including in fully metric countries.

Yes. Since the 1959 international yard and pound agreement, the imperial and metric systems are related by exact definitions rather than measurements — the inch is exactly 25.4 mm and the pound exactly 0.45359237 kg. Everything derived from those, including this conversion, is therefore exact. Round at the end rather than partway through, since rounding m before converting introduces an error the conversion then multiplies.