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About

Global industries often struggle with the disconnect between metric and imperial systems. Construction professionals in the US use feet and inches. European suppliers manufacture materials in centimeters. This converter acts as a bridge between these standards. It is critical for height verification in medical exams or aviation compliance. Real estate agents use it to translate floor plans for international clients. The dual output showing both decimal feet and broken-down inches ensures suitability for both engineering software and tape measure reading.

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Formulas

One centimeter is approximately equal to 0.0328 feet. To find the total feet we multiply the centimeter value by this constant.

Lft Lcm × 0.0328084

To calculate feet and inches we take the integer part as feet and multiply the fractional remainder by 12.

Lin = (Ltotal floor(Ltotal)) × 12

Reference Data

Centimeters (cm)Decimal Feet (ft)Feet & Inches
30.481.001" 0"
91.443.003" 0" (1 Yard)
1504.924" 11"
1605.255" 3"
1705.585" 7"
1805.915" 11"
182.886.006" 0" (Fathom)
2006.566" 7"
2508.208" 2"
3009.849" 10"
100032.8132" 10"

Frequently Asked Questions

Most physical tape measures in the US do not use decimal feet (like 5.5 ft). They use feet and inches (5 ft 6 in). Providing this format allows contractors to use the data immediately on the job site.
We use the international standard where 1 inch is exactly 2.54 cm. This leads to a conversion factor of roughly 0.03280839895, which is sufficient for high-precision architectural work.
Absolutely. This is the standard tool for converting medical height records from cm (used globally) to feet and inches (used in the US and UK) for driver's licenses or medical charts.
Yes. While the decimal result is precise, the inches display rounds to two decimal places to balance accuracy with readability.