CM to feet converter

How the feet and inches figure is built

The tool first converts centimeters to total inches by dividing by 2.54, then splits that number into whole feet and a leftover number of inches, so 170 cm becomes 66.93 inches, then 5 feet with 6.93 inches left over.

The inches portion is shown as a decimal rather than a fraction, since a decimal keeps the result exact instead of rounding to the nearest sixteenth.

Rounding only the final inches figure, rather than rounding cm to the nearest inch first, keeps the result accurate to a fraction of a millimeter, which matters if the figure is going on an official form.

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A quick way to estimate without a calculator

• Divide the centimeters by 30 to get a rough feet count. For 175 cm: 175 divided by 30 is about 5.8, meaning roughly 5 foot 10, close to the exact 5'8.9".
• For a closer estimate, divide by 30.48 instead of 30, though that is harder to do without a calculator.
• For heights over 190 cm or so, the rough shortcut starts drifting by close to an inch, so lean on the exact converter above for anything that needs to be precise.

Where this conversion comes up

Passports, foreign driver's licenses, sports rosters and medical records from outside the US almost always list height in centimeters. Converting to feet and inches is usually the last step before that number means anything to someone used to thinking in US units.

Clothing and shoe size charts sold internationally often list a size range by height in cm alongside a US size, so shoppers used to feet and inches need this conversion to find the right size on a chart written for a metric audience.