Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to feet is 3.2808398950131, which means that 1 meter is equal to 3.2808398950131 feet:

1 m = 3.2808398950131 ft

To convert 1 meter into feet we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to feet. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 3.2808398950131 ft

1 m → L_(ft)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in feet:

L_(ft) = 1 m × 3.2808398950131 ft

L_(ft) = 3.2808398950131 ft

The final result is:

1 m → 3.2808398950131 ft

We conclude that 1 meter is equivalent to 3.2808398950131 feet:

1 meter = 3.2808398950131 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 × 1 meter.

Another way is saying that 1 meter is equal to 1 ÷ 0.3048 feet.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one meter is approximately three point two eight one feet:

1 m ≅ 3.281 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately zero point three zero five times one meter.

Conversion table

meters to feet chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters to feet