How Does It Work?
- Enter your measurementCentimeters or inches — type into whichever box matches what you have.
- Read the format you needFeet and inches for height, millimetres for precision work, sixteenths for a tape measure.
- Copy it acrossPaste the converted figure straight into a form or an order.
What Is It Used For?
The inch has been defined as exactly 2.54 centimeters since 1959, so nothing here is approximate. The conversion matters most for clothing sizes, screen and furniture dimensions, height on forms, and any DIY project where the plan and the tape measure disagree.
- Converting a height for a form, a passport or a profile.
- Checking whether furniture will fit a space measured in the other unit.
- Reading a clothing or shoe size chart from another country.
- Working from a DIY plan in inches with a metric tape measure.
- Converting screen or print dimensions for a design.
Examples
| Centimeters | Inches | Feet and inches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cm | 0.394 in | — |
| 30 cm | 11.811 in | 0 ft 11.8 in |
| 100 cm | 39.370 in | 3 ft 3.4 in |
| 170 cm | 66.929 in | 5 ft 6.9 in |
| 180 cm | 70.866 in | 5 ft 10.9 in |
| 2.54 cm | 1 in | Exactly one inch |