Feet and Inches to Centimetres
Convert a height in feet and inches to centimetres, or back again.
Results
Height
175.26
cm
Height
1.7526
m
Length
—
ft
Length
—
in
What this tool does
Fill in feet and inches to get centimetres, or fill in centimetres alone to get the height back in feet and whole-plus-fraction inches. The inch is defined as exactly 2.54 cm, so nothing here is approximate.
Formula
cm = (feet × 12 + inches) × 2.54
Variables
| Symbol | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
ft | Length | ft |
inch | Length | in |
cm | Height | cm |
CM | Height | cm |
M | Height | m |
FT | Length | ft |
IN | Length | in |
Worked example
- Length5 ft
- Length9 in
- Height175.26 cm
- Height1.7526 m
Limitations
- The calculation runs at full precision and only the display is rounded. If you copy an intermediate value and retype it, small differences can appear.