Area Unit Converter
Enter a value to convert between square metres, square feet, acres and hectares.
Results
- 1 m² =
- Square centimetre
- Decare (dönüm)
- Hectare
- Square kilometre
- Square inch
- Square yard
- Acre
- Square mile
- 1 m² in ft²
Property listings use square feet or square metres, farmland is measured in acres or hectares, and maps in square kilometres or miles. This converter handles ten units of area.
A hectare is 10,000 m² — a square 100 m on each side — and an acre is about 4,047 m², so a hectare is roughly 2.47 acres.
How to calculate Area conversion
- Enter the value you want to convert.
- Choose the units to convert from and to.
- Read the result and the same area in the other units.
Area conversion formula
1 ft² = 0.09290304 m²1 acre = 4,046.856 m² = 43,560 ft²1 hectare = 10,000 m² = 2.471 acres1 mi² = 640 acres
Area conversion example
A 1,200 sq ft apartment is 1,200 × 0.092903 = 111.5 m². A 5-acre plot is 5 × 0.4047 = 2.02 hectares.
Area conversion: common questions
How many square feet are in a square metre?
About 10.764. Multiply square metres by 10.764 to get square feet.
How big is an acre?
43,560 square feet — roughly three-quarters of an American football field.
What is a decare?
A decare is 1,000 m², a tenth of a hectare. In Türkiye the same area is called a dönüm.