1 square foot = 0.09290304 m²
1 ft² = 0.092903 m² · type math like (12*4)+6.5
Square feet to square meters is used by international buyers comparing US homes, architects converting American plans, and businesses reporting office space globally. It is also needed when ordering metric flooring or tiles for a room measured in feet.
Hotel rooms and cruise cabins often quote sizes in square feet. A 300 ft² hotel room is 27.9 m², and a 180 ft² cruise cabin is 16.7 m². Travellers used to metric listings can use these figures to compare room sizes before booking.
International expats moving to the US and Canada quickly learn that apartment sizes are quoted in square feet. A 900 ft² two-bedroom apartment is 83.6 m², about the size of a typical European family flat. Price per square foot in US housing data converts to price per square meter by multiplying by 10.764.
Carpet and tile retailers in the US sell by the square foot, but tile imported from Italy or Spain is often boxed by the square meter. A box covering 1.44 m² covers 15.5 ft². Converting ensures you buy enough boxes for the job.
Office space in New York and London is often marketed per square foot, while international firms record it in square meters. A 10,000 ft² office floor is 929 m², roughly enough for 90 to 100 desks under typical planning densities.
Building regulations in metric countries specify minimum room sizes in square meters. England's national space standard requires a single bedroom of at least 7.5 m², which is 80.7 ft², and a double bedroom of at least 11.5 m², which is 123.8 ft². US architects designing for UK clients convert their floor plans to check compliance.
Garden and lawn products give coverage in square feet in the US. A bag of lawn seed covering 1,000 ft² covers 92.9 m², and a bag of fertilizer covering 5,000 ft² covers 464.5 m².
To check, the square meter figure should be roughly one tenth of the square foot figure. A 2,500 ft² house should be close to 232 m² (232.3 exactly). If your answer is around 762 m², you divided by the length factor 3.28 instead of the area factor. For flooring orders, convert, then add a waste allowance of 5 to 10 percent before rounding up to whole boxes.
m² = ft² × 0.09290304
Reverse: 1 m² = 10.76391 ft².
Convert a 1,500 ft² house to square meters.
Answer: 1,500 ft² = 139.4 m².
| ft² | m² |
|---|---|
| ¼ ft² | 0.02322576 m² |
| ½ ft² | 0.04645152 m² |
| ¾ ft² | 0.06967728 m² |
| 1 ft² | 0.09290304 m² |
| 2 ft² | 0.18580608 m² |
| 3 ft² | 0.27870912 m² |
| 4 ft² | 0.37161216 m² |
| 5 ft² | 0.4645152 m² |
| 6 ft² | 0.55741824 m² |
| 7 ft² | 0.65032128 m² |
| 8 ft² | 0.74322432 m² |
| 9 ft² | 0.83612736 m² |
| 10 ft² | 0.9290304 m² |
| 11 ft² | 1.0219334 m² |
| 12 ft² | 1.1148365 m² |
| 13 ft² | 1.2077395 m² |
| ft² | m² |
|---|---|
| 14 ft² | 1.3006426 m² |
| 15 ft² | 1.3935456 m² |
| 16 ft² | 1.4864486 m² |
| 17 ft² | 1.5793517 m² |
| 18 ft² | 1.6722547 m² |
| 19 ft² | 1.7651578 m² |
| 20 ft² | 1.8580608 m² |
| 25 ft² | 2.322576 m² |
| 30 ft² | 2.7870912 m² |
| 40 ft² | 3.7161216 m² |
| 50 ft² | 4.645152 m² |
| 75 ft² | 6.967728 m² |
| 100 ft² | 9.290304 m² |
| 250 ft² | 23.22576 m² |
| 500 ft² | 46.45152 m² |
| 1 000 ft² | 92.90304 m² |
About 2,200 ft², which is 204.4 m².
A 450 ft² studio is 41.8 m².
A 24 × 24 ft garage is 576 ft², or 53.5 m².
That converts length, not area. Divide by 10.764 (or multiply by 0.0929).
Converting the room exactly and ordering that amount leaves no spare. Add 5–10% after converting.
144 square inches make 1 ft². Check units on tile specs.
One square foot is exactly 0.09290304 m², a square 12 inches by 12 inches.
Origin. From the foot, tied to the meter in 1959.
Used today. US home sizes, apartment rent per square foot and flooring materials.
The SI unit of area, about 10.764 ft².
Origin. Defined from the meter, which dates to 1791.
Used today. Floor area and land measurement worldwide.
92.9 m².
Divide by 10 and subtract 7%. 2,000 ft² → 200 − 14 = 186 m² (exact 185.8).
Because 0.3048 × 0.3048 = 0.09290304 exactly.
Yes, residential real estate in Canada is usually listed in square feet despite metrication.