Height Converter (Feet to Cm)

Convert height between feet and inches and centimetres.

Feet and inches to centimetres, and back

Height is one of those measurements split cleanly by country — feet and inches in the US and UK, centimetres almost everywhere else — so it comes up constantly on forms, profiles and medical records. This converts between them, turning a height in feet and inches into centimetres or the reverse, without the awkward two-step arithmetic of inches and feet.

Enter a height in either system and see it converted.

Why feet and inches are fiddly

The reason converting height by hand is annoying is that feet and inches are not a simple decimal — there are twelve inches to a foot, so you cannot just move a decimal point the way you can with metric. You have to handle the feet and the inches separately and combine them, which is easy to fumble. Centimetres, being a single decimal number, are far simpler to work with, which is part of why so much of the world uses them. The converter handles the twelve-to-one arithmetic for you.

Common questions

Why is converting feet and inches awkward?

Because there are twelve inches to a foot, so it is not a simple decimal — you handle feet and inches separately and combine them.

What is a quick reference point?

Around 30 centimetres to a foot and about 2.5 to an inch, though the converter gives the exact figure.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The conversion happens in your browser.

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