Area Converter
Convert area between square meters, acres, hectares, square feet, square miles, and 20+ units. Essential for real estate, land surveying, agriculture, and construction planning. See also our Acres to Square Feet and Hectare to Acres converters.
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What is a Area Converter?
An area converter is a tool that converts measurements between different units of area such as square meters, acres, hectares, square feet, and square miles. It is essential for real estate, agriculture, construction, and land surveying where area calculations in different units are needed.
How to Convert Area Units
Select the area unit you want to convert from and the unit you want to convert to using the dropdown menus. Enter your value in the input field and the converter will instantly calculate the equivalent area. Use the popular conversion links below for common area conversions like acres to square feet.
Area Conversion Formulas
History of Area Measurement
Area measurement dates back to ancient Egypt where land surveyors used ropes and geometry to measure fields after Nile floods. The acre originally represented the area a yoke of oxen could plow in one day. The metric system standardized area measurement with the square meter, while the hectare (10,000 m²) became the standard for land measurement in most countries.
About This Area Converter
This area converter supports 22 different units including acre, hectare, square meter, square foot, square kilometer, square mile, square yard, square inch, square centimeter, are, rood, and bigha. It handles both international and US survey variants for precise land calculations.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many square feet are in an acre?
There are exactly 43,560 square feet in one acre. An acre is roughly the size of a football field without the end zones.
How do I convert hectares to acres?
Multiply the number of hectares by 2.47105 to get acres. For example, 5 hectares = 5 × 2.47105 = 12.355 acres.
How many acres are in a square mile?
There are exactly 640 acres in one square mile. This relationship comes from the US Public Land Survey System.
What is the difference between a hectare and an acre?
A hectare is 10,000 square meters (about 2.47 acres). An acre is 4,046.86 square meters. A hectare is roughly 2.5 times larger than an acre.
How do I convert square feet to square meters?
Divide the number of square feet by 10.7639 to get square meters. For example, 1,000 sq ft = 1,000 ÷ 10.7639 = 92.9 square meters.
Metric Conversion Factor Tables for Area Converter
| Units to convert | Multiply By The Number | Convert as Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Acre (ac) | 43560 | Square Feet (ft²) |
| Acre (ac) | 4046.856 | Square Meters (m²) |
| Acre (ac) | 0.4047 | Hectare (ha) |
| Hectare (ha) | 2.4711 | Acres (ac) |
| Hectare (ha) | 10000 | Square Meters (m²) |
| Square Foot (ft²) | 0.0929 | Square Meters (m²) |
| Square Meter (m²) | 10.7639 | Square Feet (ft²) |
| Square Kilometer (km²) | 0.3861 | Square Miles (mi²) |
| Square Mile (mi²) | 2.59 | Square Kilometers (km²) |
| Square Mile (mi²) | 640 | Acres (ac) |
| Square Yard (yd²) | 0.8361 | Square Meters (m²) |
| Square Meter (m²) | 1.196 | Square Yards (yd²) |
| Square Inch (in²) | 6.4516 | Square Centimeters (cm²) |
| Square Centimeter (cm²) | 0.155 | Square Inches (in²) |
Areaconverters & it's abbreviations
| Unit | Abbreviation | Unit | Abbreviation | Unit | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acre | ac | are | a | hectare | ha |
| square foot | ft² | square centimeter | cm² | square chain | ch² |
| square decimeter | dm² | square hectometer | hm² | square inch | in² |
| square kilometer | km² | square meter | m² | square micrometer | µm² |
| square mil | mil² | square mile | mi² | square millimeter | mm² |
| square nanometer | nm² | square yard | yd² | rood | - |
| square rod | - |
Complete list of Area conversion units and its conversion.
- 1 acre [ac] = 43560 square foot [ft2]
acres to square feet → - 1 acre [ac] = 4046.8564224 square meter [m2]
acres to square meter → - 1 acre [ac] = 0.4046856422 hectare [ha]
acres to hectare →
- 1 hectare [ha] = 2.4710538147 acre [ac]
hectare to acres → - 1 hectare [ha] = 10000 square meter [m2]
hectare to square meter → - 1 hectare [ha] = 107639.104 square foot [ft2]
hectare to square feet →
- 1 square foot [ft2] = 0.0000229568 acre [ac]
square feet to acres → - 1 square foot [ft2] = 0.09290304 square meter [m2]
square feet to square meter → - 1 square foot [ft2] = 929.0304 square centimeter [cm2]
square feet to square cm →
- 1 square meter [m2] = 0.0002471054 acre [ac]
square meter to acres → - 1 square meter [m2] = 10000 square centimeter [cm2]
square meter to square cm → - 1 square meter [m2] = 1550.0031 square inch [in2]
square meter to square inches →
- 1 square kilometer [km2] = 247.1053815 acre [ac]
square km to acres → - 1 square kilometer [km2] = 0.3861021585 square mile [mi2]
square km to square miles → - 1 square kilometer [km2] = 100 hectare [ha]
square km to hectare →
- 1 square mile [mi2] = 258.9988 hectare [ha]
square miles to hectare → - 1 square yard [yd2] = 9 square foot [ft2]
square yards to square feet → - 1 square yard [yd2] = 0.83612736 square meter [m2]
square yards to square meter →
- 1 square inch [in2] = 0.00064516 square meter [m2]
square inches to square meter → - 1 square inch [in2] = 0.0069444444 square foot [ft2]
square inches to square feet → - 1 square inch [in2] = 645.16 square millimeter [mm2]
square inches to square mm →
- 1 square centimeter [cm2] = 0.001076391 square foot [ft2]
square cm to square feet → - 1 are [a] = 100 square meter [m2]
are to square meter → - 1 are [a] = 0.01 hectare [ha]
are to hectare →
- 1 square millimeter [mm2] = 0.0015500031 square inch [in2]
square mm to square inches → - 1 square millimeter [mm2] = 0.000001 square meter [m2]
square mm to square meter → - 1 rood = 0.25 acre [ac]
rood to acres →
- 1 acre [ac] = 4840 square yard [yd2]
acres to square yards → - 1 acre [ac] = 0.0015625 square mile [mi2]
acres to square miles → - 1 acre [ac] = 0.004046856 square kilometer [km2]
acres to square km →
- 1 hectare [ha] = 0.01 square kilometer [km2]
hectare to square km → - 1 hectare [ha] = 11959.9005 square yard [yd2]
hectare to square yards → - 1 hectare [ha] = 0.0038610216 square mile [mi2]
hectare to square miles →
- 1 square foot [ft2] = 144 square inch [in2]
square feet to square inches → - 1 square foot [ft2] = 0.1111111111 square yard [yd2]
square feet to square yards → - 1 square meter [m2] = 10.7639104167 square foot [ft2]
square meter to square feet →
- 1 square meter [m2] = 1.1959900463 square yard [yd2]
square meter to square yards → - 1 square meter [m2] = 0.0001 hectare [ha]
square meter to hectare → - 1 square kilometer [km2] = 1000000 square meter [m2]
square km to square meter →
- 1 square mile [mi2] = 640 acre [ac]
square miles to acres → - 1 square mile [mi2] = 2589988.1103 square meter [m2]
square miles to square meter → - 1 square mile [mi2] = 2.5899881103 square kilometer [km2]
square miles to square km →
- 1 square yard [yd2] = 1296 square inch [in2]
square yards to square inches → - 1 square yard [yd2] = 0.0002066116 acre [ac]
square yards to acres → - 1 square inch [in2] = 6.4516 square centimeter [cm2]
square inches to square cm →
- 1 square centimeter [cm2] = 0.15500031 square inch [in2]
square cm to square inches → - 1 square centimeter [cm2] = 0.0001 square meter [m2]
square cm to square meter → - 1 square centimeter [cm2] = 100 square millimeter [mm2]
square cm to square mm →
- 1 are [a] = 0.0247105381 acre [ac]
are to acres → - 1 are [a] = 1076.3910417 square foot [ft2]
are to square feet → - 1 square millimeter [mm2] = 0.01 square centimeter [cm2]
square mm to square cm →
- 1 rood = 1011.7141056 square meter [m2]
rood to square meter → - 1 rood = 10890 square foot [ft2]
rood to square feet →