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Square Meters to Square Feet Converter

Multiply by 10.7639 — a square metre is nearly eleven square feet.

square metres (m²)

square feet (sq ft)

square metres → square feet

100 m² = 1,076.39 sq ft

Type in either box — the other updates to match.

square metres to square feet conversion table

Room and property sizes as listed in metric markets.

square metres (m²)	square feet (sq ft)
10 m²	107.64 sq ft
20 m²	215.28 sq ft
30 m²	322.92 sq ft
50 m²	538.2 sq ft
75 m²	807.29 sq ft
100 m²	1,076.39 sq ft
120 m²	1,291.67 sq ft
150 m²	1,614.59 sq ft
200 m²	2,152.78 sq ft
250 m²	2,690.98 sq ft
500 m²	5,381.96 sq ft
1,000 m²	10,763.91 sq ft

What you entered

square metres: 100 m²

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Conversion factor
1 m² = 10.7639 sq ft= × 10.7639
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Multiply by the value
100 × 10.7639= 1076.391 sq ft

Result

square feet: 1,076.39 sq ft

100 m² equals 1,076.39 sq ft, because one square metre is 10.764 sq ft.

Room and property sizes in square metres and square feet

Multiplying by 10.7639 converts square metres to square feet, the square of the 3.2808 linear factor.

What it is	sq m	sq ft
Small bedroom	10	107.64
Average bedroom	14	150.69
Parking space	15	161.46
Living room	28	301.39
One-bed flat	55	592.02
Family home	140	1,506.95
Large home	230	2,475.70
Tennis court	261	2,809.38

The factor is just over 10.76, so multiplying by 10 gives an estimate about 7% low - useful for a rough sense, not for a contract. A common error is to apply the linear factor of 3.28 instead of squaring it, which understates the area by a factor of three. The tennis court row is a useful anchor at 2,809 sq ft, which is close to a large family home and gives a sense of scale that abstract numbers do not.

Converting square metres to square feet means multiplying by 10.7639, the square of the 3.2808 feet in a metre. A square metre is therefore almost eleven square feet, a ratio large enough that metric and imperial area figures feel completely different in scale even when describing the same space.

That scale difference is worth internalising if you move between markets. A fifty square metre apartment sounds small to someone accustomed to square feet until it converts to five hundred and thirty-eight square feet. Conversely, a fifteen hundred square foot house is a hundred and thirty-nine square metres, a number that sounds modest to an American ear.

The squaring relationship also governs how area responds to changes in dimension, and this catches people out in material estimation. Adding ten per cent to both the length and width of a room adds twenty-one per cent to its area, not twenty, because the increases multiply rather than add. Over a large floor that discrepancy is enough to leave a job short of material.

For land rather than buildings, other units appear and are worth knowing. A hectare is ten thousand square metres and an acre is four thousand and forty-seven, so an acre is roughly four-tenths of a hectare. Agricultural and development land is quoted in these units rather than square metres, and the same squared-factor logic applies to converting between them.

As with the reverse conversion, the arithmetic is the easy part. The harder question is whether two area figures measure the same thing, since conventions about balconies, garages, common areas, and whether to measure to internal or external wall faces differ between countries and even between agents in the same market.

A square metre is nearly eleven square feet

The factor is 10.7639 — the square of the 3.2808 feet in a metre. That large ratio is why metric and imperial area figures feel so different in scale: 50 m² sounds small but is 538 sq ft, and 1,500 sq ft sounds large but is only 139 m².

Percentage increases compound in area

Adding ten per cent to both length and width adds twenty-one per cent to area, not twenty, because the increases multiply. Over a large floor that difference is easily enough to leave a flooring or paint job short of material.

Frequently asked questions

How many square feet are in a square metre?

About 10.7639 sq ft, which is 3.2808 squared. So a 100 m² apartment is about 1,076 square feet.

What is 100 square metres in square feet?

About 1,076 sq ft. For a sense of scale in the other direction, a 1,500 sq ft house is about 139 m² — the figures feel very different even though the spaces are identical.

How do hectares and acres relate to this?

A hectare is 10,000 m² and an acre is about 4,047 m², so an acre is roughly four-tenths of a hectare. Land is usually quoted in these units rather than square metres.

Why does adding 10% to each dimension add 21% to area?

Because the increases multiply rather than add: 1.1 × 1.1 = 1.21. It's the same squaring relationship that makes the area conversion factor the square of the length one.