Area Converter

Convert land and floor areas between square metres, square feet, acres, hectares and more – useful for property, farming and construction.

Common uses

• Compare property sizes between countries.
• Convert floor plans from sq ft to m².
• Calculate land in acres or hectares.

Tips for best results

• 1 hectare = 10,000 m² ≈ 2.471 acres.

Area units for property and land

Property listings use square metres in most of the world and square feet in the US, UK (partly), Canada and parts of Asia. Agricultural land is usually measured in hectares or acres. Regional units such as the cent and ground remain common in some local land records, so they are included too.

Useful equivalents

1 m² = 10.7639 sq ft. 1 acre = 4,046.86 m² = 43,560 sq ft. 1 hectare = 10,000 m² = 2.471 acres. 1 km² = 100 hectares. A typical football pitch is about 0.7 hectares (1.75 acres).