Area Converter
Convert between metric and imperial area units instantly. Supports square millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers, inches, feet, yards, acres, and hectares with exact conversion factors.
Area conversion is essential in real estate, construction, land surveying, agriculture, and science. Area units are the squares of their corresponding length units, so conversion factors are the squares of length conversion factors.
Key Conversion Factors:
- 1 square foot = 0.09290304 m² (exact, 0.3048²)
- 1 square yard = 0.83612736 m² (exact, 0.9144²)
- 1 acre = 43,560 square feet = 4,046.8564224 m² (exact)
- 1 hectare = 10,000 m² = 2.47105 acres
- 1 square kilometer = 100 hectares = 247.105 acres
- 1 square mile = 640 acres = 2.58999 km²
Common Area References:
- Tennis court: ~260 m² (2,800 ft²)
- Football field: ~5,351 m² (1.32 acres)
- City block (typical): ~1-2 acres