Area Converter

Convert square feet, square yards, acres and square miles to square meters, hectares and square kilometers, and back.

Decimals, fractions (3 1/2) and e-notation (1.5e6) all work.
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How to Convert Area Units

Area factors are the length factors squared: a foot is 0.3048 m, so a square foot is 0.3048² = 0.09290304 m². An acre is 43,560 square feet.

m² = ft² × 0.09290304   ha = ac × 0.40468564224

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1 ft²0.09290304 m²
1 m²10.76391 ft²
1 ac0.4046856 ha
1 ha2.471054 ac
1 ac43,560 ft²
1 yd²0.8361274 m²
1 mi²2.589988 km²

Unit Definitions

UnitEqualsExact?
Square millimeters (mm²)0.000001 m²Exact
Square centimeters (cm²)0.0001 m²Exact
Square meters (m²)1 m²Exact
Hectares (ha)10,000 m²Exact
Square kilometers (km²)1,000,000 m²Exact
Square inches (in²)0.00064516 m²Exact
Square feet (ft²)0.09290304 m²Exact
Square yards (yd²)0.83612736 m²Exact
Acres (ac)4,046.856422 m²Exact
Square miles (mi²)2,589,988.10999999987 m²Exact
Roofing squares (100 ft²) (sq)9.290304 m²Exact

Factors follow NIST Special Publication 811, Appendix B. "Exact" means the unit is defined as that value; results are rounded only for display.

Tips

A hectare is 10,000 m², about 2.47 acres. One square mile is 640 acres. Roofers sell by the square, 100 ft².