Area Converters

How much floor or ground something covers — square meters and square feet.

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What area units measure

Area units measure how much surface something covers. Area factors are the length factor squared, which is why one square meter is about 10.76 square feet rather than about 3.28 — a point that trips people up on floor plans and land listings.

Area units on this site

Each unit expressed in square meters, the base unit these converters calculate through.
Unit Symbol Equals in square meters
Square meters 1 (base unit)
Square feet ft² 0.09290304

Every converter here calculates through square meters, so a pair and its reverse always agree. The full list of factors and the standards behind them is on the methodology page.