📏 Inches ↔ Meters Converter

Imperial to Metric Length Conversion

📐 Exact Conversion

1 inch = 0.0254 meters (exact)
1 meter = 39.3701 inches

🔄 Simple Math

Inches to Meters: Multiply by 0.0254
Meters to Inches: Multiply by 39.37

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🔄 Inches ↔ Meters Converter

Inches (Imperial): Length in inches (in)

Meters (Metric): Length in meters (m)

Item	Inches	Meters
Credit Card	3.37 × 2.13 in	0.0856 × 0.054 m
Letter Paper (US)	11 × 8.5 in	0.279 × 0.216 m
A4 Paper	11.69 × 8.27 in	0.297 × 0.210 m
Door Height	80 in	2.03 m
Basketball Hoop	120 in	3.05 m
Ceiling (Standard)	96 in	2.44 m

📋 Quick Reference Tables

Inches to Meters

Inches	Meters
1 in	0.0254 m
12 in (1 ft)	0.3048 m
24 in	0.6096 m
36 in (1 yd)	0.9144 m
39.37 in	1 m
60 in	1.524 m
72 in (6 ft)	1.829 m

Meters to Inches

Meters	Inches
0.1 m	3.937 in
0.5 m	19.685 in
1 m	39.370 in
1.5 m	59.055 in
2 m	78.740 in
2.5 m	98.425 in
3 m	118.110 in

📐 Common Applications

👤 Human Measurements

Avg Male: 70 in (1.78 m)
Avg Female: 64 in (1.63 m)
Arm Span: ~68 in (1.73 m)
Stride: ~30 in (0.76 m)

🏠 Home & Building

Door: 80 in (2.03 m)
Ceiling: 96 in (2.44 m)
Counter: 36 in (0.91 m)
Table: 30 in (0.76 m)

📺 Technology

55" TV: 1.397 m diagonal
27" Monitor: 0.686 m
15" Laptop: 0.381 m
6" Phone: 0.152 m

🧮 Conversion Formulas

Inches to Meters

Formula:

meters = inches × 0.0254

Why 0.0254?

1 inch = 2.54 cm (exact)

1 cm = 0.01 m

1 inch = 2.54 × 0.01 = 0.0254 m

Example:

50 inches × 0.0254 = 1.27 m

Meters to Inches

Formula:

inches = meters × 39.3701

inches = meters ÷ 0.0254

Related Conversions:

1 m = 39.3701 inches

1 m = 3.28084 feet

1 m = 100 cm

Example:

2 meters × 39.3701 = 78.74 in

How to convert inches to meters

1 inch is equal to 0.0254 meters:

1″ = 0.0254m

The distance d in meters (m) is equal to the distance d in inches (″) times 0.0254:

d_(m) = d_(″) × 0.0254

Example

Convert 20 inches to meters:

d_(m) = 20″ × 0.0254 = 0.508m

Inches to meters conversion table

Inches (“)	Meters (m)
0.01 ″	0.000254000 m
1/64 ″	0.000396875 m
1/32 ″	0.000793750 m
1/16 ″	0.001587500 m
0.1 ″	0.002540000 m
1/8 ″	0.003175 m
1/4 ″	0.00635 m
1/2 ″	0.0127 m
1 ″	0.0254 m
2 ″	0.0508 m
3 ″	0.0762 m
4 ″	0.1016 m
5 ″	0.1270 m
6 ″	0.1524 m
7 ″	0.1778 m
8 ″	0.2032 m
9 ″	0.2286 m
10 ″	0.2540 m
20 ″	0.5080 m
30 ″	0.7620 m
40 ″	1.0160 m
50 ″	1.2700 m
60 ″	1.5240 m
70 ″	1.7780 m
80 ″	2.0320 m
90 ″	2.2860 m
100 ″	2.5400 m