Area Converter
Convert square meters, acres, hectares, square feet and more.
Convert square meters, square feet, acres, hectares and more. Useful for real estate, gardening, construction and land measurements.
Formula / method
Examples
1,076.39 ft²
4,046.86 m²
2.4711 acre
Metric and imperial area units
Area units scale with the square of length, so the numbers grow fast. One hectare is 10,000 square metres, one acre is about 4,046.86 square metres, and one acre equals 43,560 square feet. A hectare is roughly 2.47 acres, a useful figure when comparing farmland described in different systems.
Because the tool converts through a common base unit, you can go straight from, say, square feet to hectares without doing two separate calculations.
Common uses and pitfalls
Area conversions come up when reading property listings, planning gardens or flooring, and comparing land parcels across countries. Real estate in the US often uses acres and square feet, while most of the world uses square metres and hectares.
A classic error is treating area like length: doubling a room's dimensions quadruples its area, not doubles it. If you only need to convert the side lengths, use a Length Converter first, then square the result here.
Where it's used
- Comparing property and land sizes listed in acres versus square meters
- Estimating flooring, tiling, or paint coverage for a room
- Sizing a garden, lawn, or farm field in hectares or acres
- Converting real-estate listings between US square feet and metric markets
- Reading land parcels on planning, survey, and deed documents
Real-world examples
- A 100 m2 apartment converts to about 1,076 sq ft for a listing aimed at US buyers.
- A 2-hectare farm plot converts to roughly 4.94 acres.
- A room measuring 12 ft by 15 ft is 180 sq ft, or about 16.7 m2 for ordering flooring.
A bit of history
The acre originally described the area a team of eight oxen could plough in a single day, traditionally a strip one furlong (660 ft) long by one chain (66 ft) wide, which works out to exactly 43,560 square feet.
Did you know?
The word furlong means furrow-long, the length of a furrow ploughed across one acre-sized field, which is why the furlong and the acre share the same medieval farming origin.
FAQ
How big is a hectare?
A hectare is 10,000 square meters — roughly the size of an international rugby pitch, or about 2.47 acres.