Area Converter
Convert square meters, square feet, acres, hectares and more.
The Area Converter handles the units used for land, floors and surfaces: square meters, square feet and square yards for real estate; acres, hectares and square miles for land; square centimeters, inches and kilometers for anything from tiles to countries.
Real estate is where the confusion bites hardest: an 85 m² apartment is about 915 ft², and a 0.25-acre lot is roughly 0.101 hectares. Listing a property in the wrong system changes its size by a factor of 10.76 (the m²-to-ft² ratio), so an exact converter matters whenever you compare listings across countries or check an agent's numbers.
All conversions derive from exact definitions (1 m = 3.28084 ft, so 1 m² = 10.7639 ft²) and run locally in your browser. One hectare is 10,000 m² — about 2.471 acres.
Result
1 m² = 10.7639104167 ft²
1 m² = 10.7639104167 ft²
1 ft² = 0.09290304 m²
How to use the Area Converter
- Type the area you want to convert.
- Select the source unit — m², ft², acre, hectare, km², mi² and more.
- Select the target unit.
- Read the result plus the 1-to-1 rate for the unit pair.
- Swap units to double-check the other direction.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert square meters to square feet?
Multiply by 10.7639: 85 m² × 10.7639 = 914.9 ft². Because the conversion is squared, the m²↔ft² factor (10.76) differs from the linear one (3.28) — a common source of errors the converter eliminates.
What is the difference between an acre and a hectare?
A hectare is 10,000 m² (100 m × 100 m) and is the standard metric unit for land; an acre is 43,560 ft² (about 4,047 m²). One hectare equals about 2.471 acres. Farmers in the US think in acres; most other countries use hectares.
Why does 1 m² not convert to 3.28 ft²?
Because area scales by the square of the linear ratio: 1 m² = (3.28084 ft)² ≈ 10.76 ft². Always square the length conversion when working with areas — or simply let this tool do it.
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