Area Converter

Convert the areas of homes, land and countries between metric and imperial units.

From

1 square meter = 10.76391042 square feet

Formula: ft² = m² ÷ 0.09290304

The same amount in other units

Unit	Value
Square centimeter (cm²)	10,000
Square meter (m²)	1
Hectare (ha)	0.0001
Square kilometer (km²)	0.000001
Square inch (in²)	1,550.0031
Square foot (ft²)	10.76391042
Square yard (yd²)	1.195990046
Acre (ac)	0.0002471053815
Square mile (mi²)	3.86102E-7
Dunam	0.001
Feddan	0.0002380480063
Qirat	0.005713152152

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Square units and land units

Areas are measured in square units, such as square meters and square feet. Be careful when converting them yourself. A meter is about 3.28 feet, but a square meter is about 10.76 square feet, because both the length and the width change.

Land has its own units. A hectare is 10,000 square meters and is used for farms and parks in metric countries. The acre, about 4,047 square meters, is used in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the Levant and Turkey, land is often measured in dunams of 1,000 square meters. In Egypt and Sudan, farmland is measured in feddans of about 4,200 square meters, divided into 24 qirats.

Units in this converter

Square centimeter (cm²): The area of a square 1 cm on each side. Used for small surfaces.
Square meter (m²): The SI unit of area. Used for apartment, room and property sizes in most of the world.
Hectare (ha): 10,000 square meters, a square 100 meters on each side. Used for farmland and parks.
Square kilometer (km²): 1,000,000 square meters, or 100 hectares. Used for the areas of cities and countries.
Square inch (in²): Exactly 6.4516 square centimeters.
Square foot (ft²): 144 square inches, about 0.0929 square meters. Used for home sizes in the United States.
Square yard (yd²): 9 square feet, about 0.836 square meters. Used for carpet and fabric.
Acre (ac): 43,560 square feet, about 4,047 square meters. Used for land in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Square mile (mi²): 640 acres, about 2.59 square kilometers.
Dunam: 1,000 square meters (the metric dunam), also spelled dunum or donum. Used for land in Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Turkey and nearby countries.
Feddan: About 4,200.83 square meters (24 qirats), a little more than an acre. The standard unit for farmland in Egypt and Sudan.
Qirat: One 24th of a feddan, about 175 square meters, also spelled kirat. Used for smaller plots of land in Egypt. Not the carat used for gold and gems.

Frequently asked questions

How many square feet are in a square meter?

About 10.764 square feet. To convert, multiply square meters by 10.764, or divide square feet by 10.764.

What's the difference between an acre and a hectare?

A hectare is 10,000 square meters. An acre is about 4,047 square meters, so one hectare is about 2.471 acres.

How big is a dunam?

The metric dunam used in Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Turkey is 1,000 square meters, about a quarter of an acre. Iraq uses a larger dunam of 2,500 square meters.

How big is a feddan?

An Egyptian feddan is about 4,200.83 square meters (often rounded to 4,200), or about 1.04 acres. It is divided into 24 qirats of about 175 square meters each.

Learn more

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