Feb. 5, 2021

Length (distance) unit converter

Convert length or distance values, calculate averages for meter, inch, feet, mile and other metric, customary and international units.

Conversion calculator

Enter numeric expression or value, with choice of units. Convert metric to multiple units simultaneously. Adjust precision or fractional display format.

Converted values table:

Popular
centimeter100 cm
foot3.281 ft
inch39.37 in
kilometer0.001 km
meter1 m
mile6.2137e-4 mi
millimeter1,000 mm
yard1.094 yd
yard,foot,inch #1 yd 3 6/16 in
US Customary, Imperial
foot3.281 ft
inch39.37 in
mile6.2137e-4 mi
yard1.094 yd
SI/Metric
centimeter100 cm
femtometer1.0e+15 fm
kilometer0.001 km
meter1 m
micrometer1.0e+6 µm
millimeter1,000 mm
nanometer1.0e+9 nm
Comparative
average height men0.5666
average height women0.6135
steps men1.312
steps women7.218
Industry
caliber3,937 cl
point _Tex2,845 pt
pica _Tex237.1 pica
pixel3,780 px
Survey
foot _survey3.281 ft
inch _survey39.37 in
mile _survey6.2137e-4 mi
yard _survey1.094 yd
Scientific
angstrom1.0e+10 Å
fermi1.0e+15 fm
Astronomical
astronomical unit6.6846e-12 au
light-year1.057e-16 ly
parsec3.2408e-17 pc
Astronomical comparative
earth radius volumetric1.5696e-7
lunar distance2.6014e-9 LD
International
shaku _Japan3.3 尺
gaz _India1.193

Precision

Control the number of decimal places using precision adjustments. Precison range is 0 to 20, with default = 4. Higher precision values will provide more accurate decimal values.

Fraction denominator

Results in systems marked with # will report values as a fraction. The most popular one being 16 used in Imperial and US Customary measurements. Change this to 32 for 1/32th or 64 for 1/64th marks to be reported.

Expressions or values as input

Numeric expressions evaluated into values

Conversion calculator accepts simple numeric expressions and formulae, that are evaluated internally into decimal numbers. Numeric values like integers, decimals, and scientific notation are also accepted.This is the only unit converter available online that meets this standard.

Why provide support for evaluating expressions in calculations?

This unit converter is designed to meet real world needs. Consider you are in a hardware store with a 5 foot board. You need to cut it into 6 equal pieces and the store needs the size of a single piece in meters or centimeters. This unit converter will accept an expression 5/6 in feet, and compute the fractional value for you without further headaches. It will then express this value in multiple unit systems of your choosing. This simple example shows the flexibility of allowing mathematical expressions as numeric inputs.

Currently mathematical operators +, -, *, /, and use of brackets ( ) are supported. Examples of usage of expressions and numbers are listed below.

Examples of expressions and numeric input values

Integers100
Decimals3.14
Fractions5/16
Mixed fractions2 3/4 or 11/4
Complex fractions4.5/8.1
Simple expressions2/3 * (1 + 1/2) which reduces to 1
Complex expressions2.1 * (4/5 + 8/7)/(3 * (0.5 + 122/455))
Scientific1.128e+1

Providing values for multi-unit systems

A single unit metric only requires one value. Measurement systems with multiple units can be used as groups like (yard, foot, inch). These require three values to be provided, one for each sub-unit. In such cases provide individual expressions or values with a comma (,) separation. For a (foot, inch) system the input can be 3.5, 1/16 which will be translated as foot=3 and inch=9/16. This feature does not show up in every measure. Length, area, volume, mass and time have multi-unit options.