Area Converter: Square Meters, Feet, Acres, Hectares
Convert between square meters, square feet, acres, hectares, square miles and other area units. Enter a value, pick the units, and get an instant result.
Smart Area Converter
1 Square Meter (m²) = 10.7639 Square Foot (ft²)
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Converted
1 Square Meter (m²) × 10.763900 = 10.7639 Square Foot (ft²)
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Area converter
An area converter changes a measurement of surface size from one unit to another, such as from square meters to square feet or from acres to hectares. Area is the amount of two-dimensional space a shape covers, measured in square units.
Area units it converts
The table below lists the units this tool supports and how each one relates to the square meter, the base unit used for every calculation.
| Unit | Symbol | Equal to |
|---|---|---|
| Square meter | m² | 1 m² (base unit) |
| Square kilometer | km² | 1,000,000 m² |
| Square centimeter | cm² | 0.0001 m² |
| Square millimeter | mm² | 0.000001 m² |
| Square mile | mi² | 2,589,988.11 m² |
| Square yard | yd² | 0.83612736 m² |
| Square foot | ft² | 0.09290304 m² |
| Square inch | in² | 0.00064516 m² |
| Hectare | ha | 10,000 m² |
| Acre | ac | 4,046.8564224 m² |
Area conversion formula
Every conversion follows the same two-step method. First, the tool multiplies the entered value by the source unit's square-meter equivalent to find the area in square meters. Then it divides that result by the target unit's square-meter equivalent.
Area in target unit = (value × source unit in m²) ÷ target unit in m²
For example, to turn square feet into square meters, multiply by 0.09290304, because one square foot equals 0.09290304 square meters.
How to use the area converter
- Type a number into the value field.
- Pick the unit of that number from the "From" list.
- Pick the unit to convert to from the "To" list.
- Read the result, which updates as soon as the value or units change.
- Select "Copy" to copy the result to the clipboard.
A "Reset" button restores the default example: 1 square meter converted to square feet.
Example conversions
Square meters to square feet. A room measures 1 square meter. Multiply by 10.7639 (the number of square feet in one square meter) to get about 10.76 square feet.
Square feet to square meters. A floor plan lists 500 square feet. Multiply by 0.09290304 to get about 46.45 square meters.
Acres to hectares. A farm covers 5 acres. Multiply by 0.40468564224 (the number of hectares in one acre) to get about 2.02 hectares.
Square feet to square inches. A tile covers 3 square feet. Multiply by 144, since one square foot equals 144 square inches, to get 432 square inches.
Common uses for area conversion
Real estate listings often need square feet converted to square meters, or the reverse, when a property is marketed in another country. Builders convert plan measurements between unit systems and estimate materials such as flooring or paint by area. Farmers and land managers convert field sizes between acres, hectares, and square meters. Students and researchers convert area figures between metric and imperial systems when comparing sources that use different units.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an acre and a hectare? Both measure land area, but from different systems. An acre equals 43,560 square feet, or about 4,047 square meters. A hectare equals exactly 10,000 square meters. One hectare is about 2.47 acres. Hectares are the standard unit in most countries; acres remain common in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do I convert square feet to square meters? Multiply the number of square feet by 0.09290304. For example, 100 square feet equals 9.29 square meters. To go the other way, multiply square meters by 10.7639.
Why are there so many different area units? Different regions built their own measurement systems over centuries, often tied to farming or trade. The acre began as the area a team of oxen could plow in a day. The metric system, created in France in the 1790s, defined the square meter and later the hectare. Both systems stayed in use because switching an entire country's measurements is slow and costly.
How accurate are the results? The converter uses the standard conversion factors defined for each unit and calculates with full floating-point precision. Very small or very large results switch to scientific notation so the display stays readable.
Can I use this for land surveying? The converter uses the same conversion factors as official measurement standards, so it works for everyday estimates. For legal land records or property boundaries, a licensed surveyor should confirm the figures, since local rules may set specific requirements.
Can area units convert to volume units? No. Area measures a two-dimensional surface, in square units. Volume measures three-dimensional space, in cubic units such as cubic meters or gallons. The two cannot be converted directly into each other.