Square Meters to Square Feet Converter

A foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 meters, so one square foot is 0.3048 × 0.3048 = 0.09290304 square meters, and one square meter is 1 ÷ 0.09290304 ≈ 10.7639 square feet. To convert, multiply the area in square meters by 10.7639; to go back, multiply square feet by 0.09290304. Because area has two dimensions, the factor is the length factor squared — 3.28084 feet per meter becomes about 10.7639 square feet per square meter, not 3.28. The converter above uses the exact factor in both directions.

A 12 m² bedroom is about 129 sq ft, a 20 m² living room about 215 sq ft, and a 75 m² two-bedroom apartment about 807 sq ft. Listings in the United States and Canada usually quote square feet, while most other countries quote square meters, so converting is often the quickest way to compare a metric listing or floor plan with a home you already know in square feet. For a single room, it is usually simpler to calculate the area from the room's length and width in meters and convert the total once.

A converted figure is only as comparable as the area behind it. Gross floor area is usually measured to the outside face of the exterior walls and can include wall thickness, stairwells and shared space; net or usable area counts only the floor inside the rooms. The gap between the two can be 10% or more, and the rules differ between countries and between listing sites. Converting units does not change which area was measured, so before comparing two homes or two plans, confirm that both figures were measured the same way.