Area Converter
Convert between square meters, square feet, acres, hectares, and other area units.
About this tool
Area units are where real estate, agriculture, and construction collide: apartments listed in square meters or square feet, land in acres or hectares, and regions in square kilometers or square miles. This converter covers all ten units in everyday use, with exact factors derived from the international inch.
The relationships worth memorizing: a hectare is 10,000 square meters, about 2.47 acres; an acre is 43,560 square feet; and a square meter is about 10.76 square feet. Everything else is easier to look up than to remember, which is what this page is for.
Frequently asked questions
How big is an acre, intuitively?
About 4047 square meters, roughly three quarters of an American football field including one end zone, or a square about 64 meters on a side.
What is the difference between a hectare and an acre?
Both measure land. The hectare is metric, exactly 10,000 square meters. The acre is imperial, exactly 4046.8564224 square meters, so one hectare is about 2.471 acres.