Area Converter
Convert between square meters, square feet, acres, hectares, and more.
Examples
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 acre | 43560 square feet |
| 1 hectare | 2.47105 acres |
| 500 square feet | 46.4515 square meters |
| 2 square miles | 1296 acres |
About this tool
This area converter covers metric units (square kilometers, hectares, square meters, square centimeters), imperial units (square miles, acres, square feet, square inches, square yards), and cross-system conversions. It is especially useful for real estate, land surveying, and any project where you need to compare property sizes across different measurement systems.
Area units are the squares of their corresponding length units, so the conversion factors are squared too. One foot is 0.3048 meters, but one square foot is 0.3048 squared = 0.0929 square meters. The acre is a historical unit that doesn't follow this pattern neatly: it was originally defined as the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day, and was later standardized to exactly 43,560 square feet.
Frequently asked questions
How many square feet are in an acre?
One acre contains exactly 43,560 square feet. An acre is roughly the size of a football field without the end zones.
What is the difference between a hectare and an acre?
A hectare is 10,000 square meters (about 2.471 acres). Hectares are the standard land measurement in most countries outside the US, while acres are used in the US and UK.
How do I convert square meters to square feet?
Multiply the square meter value by 10.7639. For example, 100 square meters is about 1076.39 square feet.