Length converters
Convert between yards, meters, feet, and centimeters with our free calculators.
Convert between yards, meters, feet, and centimeters with our free calculators.
Length conversion is one of the most common unit conversions people perform daily — from checking a person's height in centimeters versus feet, to converting race distances between yards and meters. The world primarily uses the metric system (meters, centimeters), while the United States and a few other countries continue to use imperial units (yards, feet, inches).
Our length converters use exact, internationally defined values. The yard, foot, and inch were redefined in 1959 to be exact multiples of the meter: 1 yard = 0.9144 m exactly, 1 foot = 0.3048 m exactly. This eliminates any rounding error in the base conversion factor.
Whether you are converting a swimming pool length from yards to meters, checking a person's height in centimeters, or working with architectural measurements, our converters provide the exact result every time.