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Feet and inches to cm: the complete height conversion chart (4′0″ to 6′11″)

By the CalculatorCamp editorial team · · 4 min read

Height is the one measurement almost everyone converts at some point — for a passport form, a medical chart, a dating profile, or a doorway. Because feet-and-inches is a mixed unit, it is also the conversion people most often get wrong. This chart gives the exact centimetre value for every inch from 4 ft to 6 ft 11 in, and the method so you can check any height yourself.

How the conversion works

One inch is defined as exactly 2.54 centimetres (an international agreement since 1959), and one foot is 12 inches, so one foot is exactly 30.48 cm. To convert a height, turn everything into inches first, then multiply by 2.54.

Example: 5 ft 10 in = (5 × 12) + 10 = 70 in; 70 × 2.54 = 177.8 cm. Going the other way, divide centimetres by 2.54 to get total inches, then split into feet and the inch remainder: 170 cm ÷ 2.54 = 66.93 in = 5 ft 6.93 in.

4 ft heights

Heights from 4 ft 0 in to 4 ft 11 in
Feet & inchesTotal inchesCentimetresMetres
4 ft 0 in48 in121.9 cm1.22 m
4 ft 1 in49 in124.5 cm1.24 m
4 ft 2 in50 in127.0 cm1.27 m
4 ft 3 in51 in129.5 cm1.30 m
4 ft 4 in52 in132.1 cm1.32 m
4 ft 5 in53 in134.6 cm1.35 m
4 ft 6 in54 in137.2 cm1.37 m
4 ft 7 in55 in139.7 cm1.40 m
4 ft 8 in56 in142.2 cm1.42 m
4 ft 9 in57 in144.8 cm1.45 m
4 ft 10 in58 in147.3 cm1.47 m
4 ft 11 in59 in149.9 cm1.50 m

5 ft heights

Heights from 5 ft 0 in to 5 ft 11 in
Feet & inchesTotal inchesCentimetresMetres
5 ft 0 in60 in152.4 cm1.52 m
5 ft 1 in61 in154.9 cm1.55 m
5 ft 2 in62 in157.5 cm1.57 m
5 ft 3 in63 in160.0 cm1.60 m
5 ft 4 in64 in162.6 cm1.63 m
5 ft 5 in65 in165.1 cm1.65 m
5 ft 6 in66 in167.6 cm1.68 m
5 ft 7 in67 in170.2 cm1.70 m
5 ft 8 in68 in172.7 cm1.73 m
5 ft 9 in69 in175.3 cm1.75 m
5 ft 10 in70 in177.8 cm1.78 m
5 ft 11 in71 in180.3 cm1.80 m

6 ft heights

Heights from 6 ft 0 in to 6 ft 11 in
Feet & inchesTotal inchesCentimetresMetres
6 ft 0 in72 in182.9 cm1.83 m
6 ft 1 in73 in185.4 cm1.85 m
6 ft 2 in74 in188.0 cm1.88 m
6 ft 3 in75 in190.5 cm1.91 m
6 ft 4 in76 in193.0 cm1.93 m
6 ft 5 in77 in195.6 cm1.96 m
6 ft 6 in78 in198.1 cm1.98 m
6 ft 7 in79 in200.7 cm2.01 m
6 ft 8 in80 in203.2 cm2.03 m
6 ft 9 in81 in205.7 cm2.06 m
6 ft 10 in82 in208.3 cm2.08 m
6 ft 11 in83 in210.8 cm2.11 m

Three mistakes that produce wrong heights

  • Reading 5.10 as 5 ft 10 in. Decimal feet and feet-inches are different: 5.10 ft is 5 ft 1.2 in (155.4 cm), while 5′10″ is 177.8 cm. Always write the double-prime or the word ‘inches’.
  • Multiplying feet by 30 instead of 30.48. Over 6 feet that error is nearly 3 cm.
  • Rounding inches before converting. 5 ft 7.5 in is 171.5 cm; rounding to 5 ft 8 in first gives 172.7 cm.

Average adult heights for context

Global averages vary widely by country, but for reference the average adult man in the United States is about 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) and the average adult woman about 5 ft 4 in (162 cm). In the Netherlands, one of the tallest populations, the figures are roughly 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) and 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).

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