Area Converter
Convert between different units of area including square meters, square feet, acres, hectares, and more for land measurement and calculations.
Area Conversion Calculator
Common Area Conversions
Sports Fields
- • Football field: ~5,351 m² (57,600 ft²)
- • Basketball court: ~420 m² (4,520 ft²)
- • Tennis court: ~261 m² (2,808 ft²)
- • Soccer field: ~7,140 m² (76,854 ft²)
Real Estate
- • Typical house lot: 0.25 acres (1,012 m²)
- • City apartment: 75 m² (807 ft²)
- • Large house: 300 m² (3,229 ft²)
- • Small office: 100 m² (1,076 ft²)
Land Areas
- • Central Park NYC: 341 hectares (843 acres)
- • Vatican City: 0.44 km² (0.17 mi²)
- • Manhattan: 59.1 km² (22.8 mi²)
- • Small farm: 40 hectares (99 acres)
Metric System
- 1 km² = 100 hectares
- 1 hectare = 10,000 m²
- 1 m² = 10,000 cm²
- 1 cm² = 100 mm²
Imperial System
- 1 mi² = 640 acres
- 1 acre = 4,840 yd²
- 1 yd² = 9 ft²
- 1 ft² = 144 in²
Key Conversions
- 1 m² = 10.764 ft²
- 1 acre = 0.405 hectares
- 1 km² = 0.386 mi²
- 1 hectare = 2.471 acres
Understanding Area Conversions
Area conversions cover square units (square meters, square feet, square kilometers, square miles) as well as land-measurement units like acres and hectares. All values are referenced to the square meter, the SI derived unit of area.
A common source of error is that area scales with the square of length: because 1 foot = 0.3048 m, one square foot is 0.3048² ≈ 0.0929 square meters, not 0.3048. Land units are worth memorising too, 1 hectare is 10,000 m² (a square 100 m on a side) and 1 acre is about 4,046.86 m², so a hectare is roughly 2.47 acres.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many square feet are in a square meter?
One square meter equals approximately 10.7639 square feet.
How big is a hectare compared to an acre?
One hectare is 10,000 square meters, equal to about 2.471 acres.
How many square meters are in an acre?
One acre equals approximately 4,046.86 square meters.
Why is converting area different from converting length?
Area scales with the square of the length factor. For example one foot is 0.3048 m, but one square foot is 0.3048², about 0.0929 m².