Area Converter
Convert between square meters, square feet, acres, and hectares.
1 m² = 10.76391505 ft²
| Square Meters (m²) | Square Feet (ft²) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10.76391505 |
| 2 | 21.5278301 |
| 5 | 53.81957526 |
| 10 | 107.6391505 |
| 15 | 161.4587258 |
| 20 | 215.278301 |
| 25 | 269.0978763 |
| 50 | 538.1957526 |
| 75 | 807.2936288 |
| 100 | 1,076.391505 |
| 150 | 1,614.587258 |
| 200 | 2,152.78301 |
| 250 | 2,690.978763 |
| 500 | 5,381.957526 |
| 1,000 | 10,763.91505 |
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Worked examples
Area conversions are where rounding errors multiply, because an area factor is the square of a length factor. These examples use exact definitions for land, rooms and property listings.
A 2.5 acre lot in square feet and square metres
One acre is exactly 43,560 sq ft, so 2.5 acres = 108,900 sq ft. In metric, 2.5 × 4,046.9 ≈ 10,117 m².
A 1,200 sq ft apartment in square metres
Multiply by 0.09290304: 1,200 × 0.09290304 = 111.5 m².
A 50 m² flat in square feet
Divide by 0.09290304 (about 10.764 sq ft per m²): 50 ÷ 0.09290304 ≈ 538 sq ft.
A 3 hectare field in acres
One hectare is 10,000 m², which is about 2.471 acres. 3 hectares ≈ 7.41 acres.
Helpful answers
Frequently asked questions
- How many square feet are in an acre?
- 43,560 exactly. An acre was historically a furlong by a chain: 660 ft × 66 ft.
- How many square metres are in a square foot?
- 0.09290304 m² exactly, because 1 ft = 0.3048 m and 0.3048² = 0.09290304. Going the other way, 1 m² is about 10.764 sq ft.
- How many acres are in a hectare?
- About 2.471. A hectare is 10,000 m² and an acre is about 4,046.86 m², so one hectare is slightly under two and a half acres.
- How many acres are in a square mile?
- 640. A square mile is 5,280 ft × 5,280 ft = 27,878,400 sq ft, and dividing by 43,560 gives 640 acres.
Area Conversion Reference
| From | To |
|---|---|
| 1 acre | 43,560 sq ft / 4,047 sq m |
| 1 hectare | 2.471 acres / 10,000 sq m |
| 1 sq mile | 640 acres / 259 hectares |
| 1 sq kilometer | 100 hectares / 247.1 acres |
Common Area Measurement Uses
In real estate, the US uses square feet for property listings while most other countries use square meters. If you're browsing international property listings, knowing how to convert between the two is essential for comparing sizes.
Farming and agriculture use acres in the US and hectares internationally. For a sense of scale: 1 acre is approximately the size of an American football field minus the end zones. City planning and zoning often deal in square miles or square kilometers.
For land measurements, try our Acres to Square Feet converter.
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When to use this
You are comparing real estate listings across different countries — one in square feet, another in square meters, a rural property in acres, and a European parcel in hectares. Or you are calculating flooring material for a room measured in feet but sold by the square meter. Area conversion comes up in real estate, construction, agriculture, landscaping, and any project that involves surfaces crossing between imperial and metric systems.
The most frequently searched area conversions are square feet to square meters (and vice versa), acres to square feet, and hectares to acres. This converter handles all of them plus less common units like square kilometers, square miles, square yards, and square inches. The most common pair — square feet to square meters — uses the factor 1 sq ft = 0.0929 sq m, or equivalently 1 sq m = 10.764 sq ft.
Good to know
Area conversion factors are the square of length factors. Because 1 foot = 0.3048 meters, 1 square foot = 0.3048² = 0.0929 square meters. This means small rounding errors in length conversions get amplified when you square them — always use the full precision factor for area calculations.
Acres and hectares are the most-confused pair. 1 hectare = 2.471 acres, or roughly 2.5 acres. Hectares are used in most of the world for land measurement; acres are used in the US, UK, and a few other countries. In agriculture, a hectare is about the size of a regulation rugby field.
Square footage is king in US real estate. Home sizes, lot sizes, and rental prices per square foot are the standard metrics. In most other countries, square meters serve the same role. Knowing that 1,000 sq ft is about 93 sq m gives you a quick mental anchor for comparing properties internationally.
Quick Reference
| From | To | Multiply By |
|---|---|---|
| Square feet | Square meters | 0.0929 |
| Square meters | Square feet | 10.7639 |
| Acres | Square feet | 43,560 |
| Acres | Hectares | 0.4047 |
| Hectares | Acres | 2.4711 |
| Square miles | Square km | 2.59 |
| Square km | Square miles | 0.3861 |
| Square yards | Square meters | 0.8361 |
| Square inches | Square cm | 6.4516 |