Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to inches is 39.370078740157, which means that 1 meter is equal to 39.370078740157 inches:

1 m = 39.370078740157 in

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

1 m → 39.370078740157 in

1 m → L_(in)

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

L_(in) = 1 m × 39.370078740157 in

L_(in) = 39.370078740157 in

The final result is:

1 m → 39.370078740157 in

We conclude that 1 meter is equivalent to 39.370078740157 inches:

1 meter = 39.370078740157 inches

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 × 1 meter.

Another way is saying that 1 meter is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0254 inches.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one meter is approximately thirty-nine point three seven inches:

1 m ≅ 39.37 in

An alternative is also that one inch is approximately zero point zero two five times one meter.

Conversion table

meters to inches chart

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