Convert between centimetres and feet & inches instantly.
This free height converter switches between centimetres and feet & inches. Type a height in either format and the equivalent updates instantly, along with metres and total inches. It uses the exact factor of 1 inch = 2.54 cm.
Inches are rounded to the nearest whole inch for the feet & inches display, while the centimetre value stays exact.
Australia went metric in the 1970s, so centimetres are the official way to record height on medical forms, driver licence applications and sports registrations. Feet and inches still turn up everywhere though — on American websites, in older Australian documents, on basketball and footy player profiles, and whenever someone asks how tall you are in conversation. This converter lets you switch between the two systems instantly without doing the maths by hand.
A few handy reference points: 152 cm is exactly 5 feet, 170 cm is about 5 feet 7 inches, and 183 cm is almost exactly 6 feet. If you are filling in an overseas form that asks for feet and inches, or comparing your height with a US size chart, type your height in centimetres and read off the converted figure.
The conversion works in both directions. Enter centimetres to see feet and inches, or switch tabs and enter feet and inches to get centimetres and metres. Because the tool uses the exact definition of the inch (2.54 cm), the result is as accurate as the rounding allows.