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Area Converter

Switch between square meters, square feet, acres, hectares, and more.

About this converter

Area conversion is useful for property, architecture, landscaping, and planning. This converter covers both everyday floor-space units and larger land-area units.

The base unit for this converter is square-meter, which lets us map each unit into one consistent formula layer before converting to the target unit.

Quick examples

12 sq m to sq km0.000012 sq km
12 sq m to sq cm120,000 sq cm
12 sq km to sq m12,000,000 sq m
12 sq km to sq cm120,000,000,000 sq cm
12 sq cm to sq m0.0012 sq m
12 sq cm to sq km0.0000000012 sq km
12 sq mm to sq m0.000012 sq m
12 sq mm to sq km0.000000000012 sq km

Available units

Square meter

sq m

The SI-derived unit for area.

Also written as m2, sqm, square meters, square metre, square metres.

Square kilometer

sq km

A metric unit for very large areas.

Also written as km2, sqkm, square kilometers, square kilometre, square kilometres.

Square centimeter

sq cm

A small metric area unit for compact surfaces.

Also written as cm2, sqcm, square centimeters, square centimetre, square centimetres.

Square millimeter

sq mm

A metric area unit for very small surfaces.

Also written as mm2, sqmm, square millimeters, square millimetre, square millimetres.

Square micrometer

sq um

A microscopic metric area unit.

Also written as um2, square micrometers, square micrometre, square micrometres.

Square foot

sq ft

A customary unit for room and property area.

Also written as ft2, sqft, square feet.

Square yard

sq yd

A customary area unit used for materials and land.

Also written as yd2, sqyd, square yards.

Square mile

sq mi

A customary area unit for large land regions.

Also written as mi2, sqmi, square miles.

Square inch

sq in

A customary unit for small surface areas.

Also written as in2, sqin, square inches.

Acre

ac

A customary land-area unit.

Also written as acres.

Hectare

ha

A metric land-area unit.

Also written as hectares.

Square hectometer

sq hm

Square hectometer is a metric area unit based on decimal scaling of the square meter.

Square dekameter

sq dam

Square dekameter is a metric area unit based on decimal scaling of the square meter.

Square decimeter

sq dm

Square decimeter is a metric area unit based on decimal scaling of the square meter.

Square nanometer

sq nm

Square nanometer is a metric area unit based on decimal scaling of the square meter.

Are

a

Are is a metric area unit based on decimal scaling of the square meter.

Barn

b

Barn is a scientific area unit for particle-scale cross sections.

Square mile (US survey)

sq mi US survey

Square mile (US survey) is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Square foot (US survey)

sq ft US survey

Square foot (US survey) is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Circular inch

circ in

Circular inch is a specialist technical area unit.

Township

twp

Township is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Section

section

Section is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Acre (US survey)

ac US survey

Acre (US survey) is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Rood

rood

Rood is a historical or regional area unit.

Square chain

sq ch

Square chain is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Square rod

sq rd

Square rod is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Square rod (US survey)

sq rd US survey

Square rod (US survey) is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Square perch

sq perch

Square perch is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Square pole

sq pole

Square pole is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Square mil

sq mil

Square mil is a specialist technical area unit.

Circular mil

cmil

Circular mil is a specialist technical area unit.

Homestead

homestead

Homestead is a land-survey or property-area unit.

Sabin

sabin

Sabin is a specialist technical area unit.

Arpent

arpent

Arpent is a historical or regional area unit.

Cuerda

cuerda

Cuerda is a historical or regional area unit.

Plaza

plaza

Plaza is a historical or regional area unit.

Varas castellanas cuad

vc cuad

Varas castellanas cuad is a historical or regional area unit.

Varas conuqueras cuad

vq cuad

Varas conuqueras cuad is a historical or regional area unit.

Electron cross section

electron cross section

Electron cross section is a land-survey or property-area unit.

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