When you need this conversion
Reading heights from metric passports, medical records and sports rosters, or describing your height to someone who thinks in feet.
Heights at a glance
- 150 cm = 4′11.06″
- 160 cm = 5′2.99″
- 165 cm = 5′4.96″
- 170 cm = 5′6.93″
- 175 cm = 5′8.90″
- 180 cm = 5′10.87″
- 185 cm = 6′0.83″
- 190 cm = 6′2.80″
How it works
180 ÷ 2.54 gives 70.866 inches. 70.866 ÷ 12 is 5 with 10.866 left over, so 5 feet 10.87 inches. The calculator also shows the value rounded to the nearest inch and in decimal feet.
Common mistakes
Reading decimal feet as feet and inches. 180 cm is 5.906 feet, but that isn’t 5′9″; it’s 5′10.87″.
Rounding carelessly near a boundary. 5′11.6″ rounds to 6′0″, not 5′12″.
For the reverse, use feet and inches to cm. For other lengths, see cm to inches.