What is an area converter?
An area converter is an online tool that lets you quickly convert between area units. It supports square meters, square centimeters, square kilometers, hectares, acres, square feet and square yards.
How to convert area units?
Select the source unit, enter an area value and choose the target unit. The converter instantly calculates the precise result.
What are the area conversion formulas?
Key area conversion formulas:
- 1 square meter = 10,000 cm² = 10.7639 sq ft
- 1 hectare = 10,000 m² = 2.47105 acres
- 1 acre = 4046.86 m² = 0.404686 hectares
- 1 square kilometer = 1,000,000 m² = 100 hectares
- 1 square foot = 0.092903 m²
Area conversion examples
Apartment: 65 m² = 699.65 sq ft. A typical two-bedroom apartment size.
Land plot: 1000 m² = 0.1 hectares = 0.247 acres. A standard residential lot.
Farm: 5 hectares = 12.36 acres. Useful when comparing land sizes internationally.
When to use an area converter?
An area converter is useful when buying or selling real estate, planning construction, calculating land plot sizes or comparing property prices between countries that use different measurement systems.