Square Meters to Square Feet Converter

Multiply by 10.76391.

The factor is the square of the length factor, not the length factor itself. One foot is 0.3048 m, so one square foot is 0.3048² = 0.09290304 m², and one square metre is 1/0.09290304 = 10.76391 ft². Using 3.28 instead of 10.76 is the single most common mistake in area conversion — it under-reports the area by a factor of more than three.

Convert a 75 m² apartment:

And a 1,500 ft² house back to metric:

Scaling a length by $k$ scales an area by $k^2$. A room 3 m × 4 m is 12 m²; in feet that is 9.84 ft × 13.12 ft = 129.2 ft², which is 12 × 10.76391 — not 12 × 3.28.

The same rule continues upward: volume factors are the cube of the length factor, so one cubic metre is 0.3048³ = 35.31 ft³.

• Small bedroom — 10 m² = 107.6 ft²
• One-bedroom apartment — 50 m² = 538.2 ft²
• Two-bedroom apartment — 75 m² = 807.3 ft²
• Typical UK house — 90 m² = 968.8 ft²
• Typical new US house — 215 m² = 2,314 ft²
• Tennis court, singles — 195.6 m² = 2,105 ft²
• Basketball court — 420 m² = 4,521 ft²

How many square feet is 1 square meter? 10.76391 ft².

How many square meters is 1 square foot? 0.09290304 m², which is exactly 0.3048².

Why isn't the factor 3.28? Because 3.28 converts lengths, not areas. Area scales with the square of length, so the correct factor is 3.280840² = 10.76391.

How do I convert square meters to square yards? Multiply by 1.19599 — one square yard is nine square feet.

Is a "square" in roofing the same thing? No. In US roofing a "square" means 100 ft², which is 9.290304 m².