Property listings
A 1,200 sq ft apartment is 111.5 m². Comparing listings across markets means converting first and then checking that both figures measure the same thing — some markets include balconies and shared space, others do not.
Area
Convert square meters to square feet
1 square meter equals 10.76391 square feet. Enter a value below to convert instantly.
Square metres to square feet converts floor areas, land parcels and material coverage into the unit US and UK property listings use. One square metre is 10.7639 square feet, from squaring the 3.28084 ft per metre.
1 m²
10.76391 ft²
Multiply the number of square meters by 10.7639104167 to get square feet. How this is calculated
Need the other direction? Convert square foot to square meter →
Formula
Multiply the number of square meters by 10.7639104167 to get square feet.
Step by step
- Start with 1 m².
- Multiply by the conversion factor 10.7639104167.
- 1 × 10.7639104167 = 10.76391 ft².
Square Meters to Square Feet conversion table
| Square Meters (m²) | Square Feet (ft²) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10.76391 |
| 2 | 21.527821 |
| 3 | 32.291731 |
| 5 | 53.819552 |
| 10 | 107.6391 |
| 20 | 215.27821 |
| 50 | 538.19552 |
| 100 | 1,076.391 |
| 500 | 5,381.9552 |
| 1,000 | 10,763.91 |
Where square meters and square feet are used together
Flooring and tiling
Flooring is sold by the square metre in most of the world and by the square foot in the US, with waste allowance added on top. Convert the room area, then add the waste percentage — adding it before converting makes the arithmetic harder to check.
Paint coverage
Coverage is quoted as square metres per litre or square feet per gallon. Converting only one of the two units gives a coverage figure that is wrong by the other factor, which is a classic ordering slip.
Solar panels and roof area
Panel output is specified per square metre of aperture while roof surveys in the US are in square feet. A 30 m² array is 323 sq ft, and the usable fraction after setbacks is smaller again.
Everyday square meters worth knowing
Values people actually look up, with the reason each one comes up. Every figure is calculated with the same engine as the converter above.
| Square Meter (m²) | Square Foot (ft²) | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.76391 | The base conversion |
| 10 | 107.6391 | A small room |
| 20 | 215.27821 | A bedroom |
| 50 | 538.19552 | A small apartment |
| 100 | 1,076.391 | A family apartment |
| 150 | 1,614.5866 | A house |
| 1,000 | 10,763.91 | A commercial floor plate |
| 10,000 | 107,639.1 | One hectare |
How these two units are defined
A square metre is the area of a square one metre on a side; a square foot likewise. Since a foot is exactly 0.3048 m, a square foot is exactly 0.09290304 m². The important consequence is that area factors are not intuitive extensions of length factors: a metre is about 3.3 times a foot, but a square metre is about 10.8 times a square foot. Property listings also differ in what they measure — gross internal area, net usable area and 'carpet area' are different numbers for the same flat, and no conversion reconciles them.
Rounding and precision
Room dimensions are usually measured to the nearest centimetre or half-inch, so a converted area is good to about 1%. Quoting 111.4836 m² for a 1,200 sq ft flat implies a survey that was never done — round to the nearest whole square metre or ten square feet. When ordering material, round up and add the manufacturer's recommended waste allowance rather than trying to hit the exact figure.
Mistakes people make with this conversion
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Using the length factor instead of the area factor
Multiplying square feet by 0.3048 instead of 0.09290304 gives an answer 3.28 times too large. If a converted area looks implausibly big, this is almost always why.
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Comparing areas measured to different standards
Gross, net and usable floor areas differ by 10–25% for the same property. Converting the units does not make two differently-defined areas comparable.
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Converting each dimension and then squaring
It works, but it doubles the rounding error. Convert the computed area once instead.
Read more about these units
Sources for this page
Content on this page last reviewed 12 August 2026. Spotted an error? Report it — see also how these values are calculated.
Convert Square Meter to other area units
1 m² expressed in every other area unit on this site.
- Square Meter m² 1
- Square Kilometer km² 0.000001
- Square Hectometer hm² 0.0001
- Square Dekameter dam² 0.01
- Square Decimeter dm² 100
- Square Centimeter cm² 10,000
- Square Millimeter mm² 1,000,000
- Square Micrometer µm² 1,000,000,000,000
- Square Nanometer nm² 1e+18
- Hectare ha 0.0001
- Are a 0.01
- Square Mile mi² 3.8610216e-7
- Acre ac 0.00024710538
- Square Yard yd² 1.19599
- Square Foot ft² 10.76391
- Square Inch in² 1,550.0031
- Square Mil mil² 1,550,003,100
- Circular Inch circ in 1,973.5252
- Circular Mil cmil 1,973,525,200
- Square Rod rd² 0.039536861
- Square Perch perch² 0.039536861
- Square Pole pole² 0.039536861
- Square Chain ch² 0.0024710538
- Rood rood 0.00098842153
- Section section 3.8610216e-7
- Township township 1.072506e-8
- Homestead homestead 0.0000015444086
- Sabin sabin 10.76391
- Square Mile (US survey) mi² (US) 3.8610061e-7
- Acre (US survey) ac (US) 0.00024710439
- Square Foot (US survey) ft² (US) 10.763867
- Square Rod (US survey) rd² (US) 0.039536703
- Barn b 1e+28
- Electron Cross Section σₑ 1.5032036e+28
- Arpent (area) arpent 0.00029249234
- Cuerda cuerda 0.00025442731
- Plaza plaza 0.00015625
- Varas Castellanas Cuad vara² (cast) 1.4311536
- Varas Conuqueras Cuad vara² (con) 0.15901707
- Pyeong 평 0.3025
- Hop (area) 홉 3.025
- Jak (area) 작 30.25
- Myo 무 0.010083333
- Danbo 단보 0.0010083333
- Jeongbo 정보 0.00010083333
About the square meter
The square meter (m²) is a SI unit of area.
About the square foot
The square foot (ft²) is a Imperial unit of area.
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Frequently asked questions
How many square feet is 100 square metres?
100 m² is 1,076.39 sq ft. A 100 m² apartment is therefore comparable to a US listing of about 1,076 sq ft, subject to both markets measuring the same boundaries.
How many square metres are in a hectare?
Exactly 10,000 m², which is 107,639 sq ft or about 2.47 acres. The hectare is the standard land-area unit in metric countries.
Do property listings measure the same area in every country?
No, and this is a bigger source of confusion than the unit conversion. Some markets quote gross internal area including walls, others quote usable floor space, and treatment of balconies and shared areas varies. Check the measurement standard before comparing two listings.
How many square feet are in a square meter?
One square meter equals 10.76391 square feet.
How do you convert square meters to square feet?
Multiply the number of square meters by 10.7639104167 to get square feet.
What is 1 square foot in square meters?
One square foot equals 0.09290304 square meters.
When would I convert square meters to square feet?
This conversion is common when real estate, flooring, land plots, gardens, and paint coverage.