Convert area, instantly.
Square meters, hectares, square feet, acres and square miles — for property, land and floor-plan sizing.
Area Converter
Area conversion benchmarks
📐 Area
| 1 acre | 4046.86 m² |
| 1 hectare | 2.47105 acres |
| 1 sq ft | 0.092903 m² |
| 1 sq mile | 2.58999 km² |
How this conversion works
Area conversions run through square meters as the base unit. Because area is a squared dimension, doubling a length unit quadruples the corresponding area — for example 1 square yard is 9 square feet, not 3, since a yard is 3 feet on each side.
Hectares and acres are the two units most often used for land size: a hectare is exactly 10,000 m², while an acre is defined as 43,560 square feet, which works out to roughly 0.405 hectares.
Frequently asked questions
How big is an acre, roughly?
About 4,047 square meters, or close to the size of a standard American football field without the end zones. It's also roughly 0.405 hectares.
Why isn't 1 square yard equal to 3 square feet?
Because area scales with the square of length. A yard is 3 feet, so a square yard (3 ft × 3 ft) is 9 square feet, not 3. This trips people up more often with area than with any other unit type.