Square Feet to Square Meters Converter
Type square feet to get square meters. A 1,500 sq ft home is about 139 m².
1,500 ft² =
139.355m²
1,500 square feet is 139.355 square meters.
- 1 ft²
- 0.0929 m²
- 1 m²
- 10.7639 ft²
How to convert square feet to square meters
Multiply square feet by 0.09290304. A foot is exactly 0.3048 m, so a square foot is 0.3048 × 0.3048 = 0.09290304 m², with no rounding. That one multiplication is the whole conversion.
A 2,000 sq ft house is 2,000 × 0.09290304 = 185.8 m². A 12 by 12 ft bedroom, 144 sq ft, is 13.38 m². It is usually easier to convert the room’s sides first and multiply after: 12 ft is 3.6576 m, and 3.6576² gives the same 13.38 m².
Never convert an area with the length factor. Multiplying 144 sq ft by 0.3048 gives 43.9, which is meaningless; the factor has to be squared because an area has two dimensions.
square meters = square feet × 0.09290304
- The international foot is exactly 0.3048 m, so one square foot is exactly 0.09290304 m². Source: NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors by unit.
- The US survey foot, slightly longer, was retired at the end of 2022; all US area conversions now use the international foot. Source: NIST, The U.S. survey foot (deprecated from 1 January 2023).
How to estimate square feet to square meters in your head
Divide by 10, then take off about 7%. A square meter is 10.76 sq ft, so dividing by ten overshoots a little: 2,000 sq ft ÷ 10 = 200, less 7% (14) = 186 m², almost exactly right.
For a rough feel, “eleven square feet to the square meter” is easy to remember and errs by only 2%.
Square feet to square meters chart
From a single floor tile to a large house.
| Square feet (ft²) | Square meters (m²) | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.0929 | a 12 × 12 in tile |
| 9 | 0.8361 | one square yard |
| 25 | 2.3226 | |
| 50 | 4.6452 | |
| 100 | 9.2903 | |
| 120 | 11.1484 | |
| 144 | 13.378 | a 12 × 12 ft room |
| 200 | 18.5806 | |
| 250 | 23.2258 | |
| 300 | 27.8709 |
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| 400 | 37.1612 | |
| 500 | 46.4515 | |
| 750 | 69.6773 | |
| 1,000 | 92.903 | |
| 1,200 | 111.484 | |
| 1,500 | 139.355 | |
| 1,800 | 167.225 | |
| 2,000 | 185.806 | |
| 2,500 | 232.2576 | |
| 3,000 | 278.709 | |
| 4,000 | 371.612 | |
| 5,000 | 464.5152 | |
| 10,000 | 929.0304 | just under a quarter acre |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many square meters is 1,000 square feet?
1,000 sq ft is 92.9 m². An apartment listed at 1,000 sq ft in the US would be listed at about 93 m² in Europe.
How do I convert a room measured in feet?
Either multiply the two sides in feet and convert the area (× 0.0929), or convert each side to meters (× 0.3048) and multiply. Both give the same answer: a 10 × 14 ft room is 140 sq ft, or 13.0 m².
Why is it 0.0929 and not 0.3048?
Because 0.3048 converts feet, a length. A square foot is a foot in each direction, so the factor is 0.3048 squared, 0.09290304.