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Unit converter

Centimetres to feet and inches.

Convert cm to ft + in and ft + in to cm. Type in either box and the other follows. Height is the reason this page exists: 175 cm is 5 ft 8.9 in, not 5.74 feet. The whole feet stay whole and the remainder becomes inches.

cm → ft + inExact definition
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Centimetres to feet and inches — common values, to 6 significant figures.
cmft + in
140 cm4 ft 7.12 in
150 cm4 ft 11.06 in
155 cm5 ft 1.02 in
160 cm5 ft 2.99 in
165 cm5 ft 4.96 in
170 cm5 ft 6.93 in
175 cm5 ft 8.9 in
180 cm5 ft 10.87 in
185 cm6 ft 0.83 in
190 cm6 ft 2.8 in
195 cm6 ft 4.77 in
200 cm6 ft 6.74 in
1 ft=12 in 1 ft=30.48 cm

Definitions

  • The centimetre is a hundredth of a metre. It is the everyday metric unit for body and furniture measurements outside engineering.
  • Feet and inches together, the way height is actually said. Twelve inches to the foot, and the inch is exactly 25.4 mm.
  • This conversion is exact by definition. 175 cm = 5 ft 8.9 in.
  • The metre is SI; every imperial and US customary length here is defined exactly in terms of it by the 1959 international yard and pound agreement.

How it works

One direction multiplies and the other divides by the same number, so nothing is lost by going back and forth.

The value passes through m, the unit every other length & distance unit on the site is defined against, rather than a number written into this page on its own. That is why the figure here, the figure in the table above and the general length & distance converter always agree.

Display precision limits significant figures rather than decimal places, because one fixed number of decimals is useless across a range this wide. Very large and very small results switch to scientific notation with a proper superscript exponent. The editable box always holds a plain number at full working precision, so you can carry on from either side.

Common questions this answers: what 175 cm is in feet and inches (5 ft 8.9 in), how many inches make a foot (12), and how to type it — "5 ft 9 in", "5' 9"" or just "5 9" are all accepted.

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