Height conversion chart: cm to feet and inches
150 to 200 cm in feet and inches, the common imperial heights converted back, and why a height written to the nearest half-inch is often a rounded centimetre.
By Akash Yadav Updated 30 October 2026
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Metric to imperial
The chart: 150 cm to 200 cm in feet and inches
Every row is a whole number of centimetres, in steps of five. The imperial column is rounded to the nearest tenth of an inch, which is finer than any height is measured — so a person who says they are 175 cm is also, to the precision anyone cares about, 5′ 8.9″.
| cm | Feet & inches | Metres |
|---|---|---|
| 150 cm | 4′ 11.1″ | 1.5 m |
| 155 cm | 5′ 1″ | 1.55 m |
| 160 cm | 5′ 3″ | 1.6 m |
| 165 cm | 5′ 5″ | 1.65 m |
| 170 cm | 5′ 6.9″ | 1.7 m |
| 175 cm | 5′ 8.9″ | 1.75 m |
| 180 cm | 5′ 10.9″ | 1.8 m |
| 185 cm | 6′ 0.8″ | 1.85 m |
| 190 cm | 6′ 2.8″ | 1.9 m |
| 195 cm | 6′ 4.8″ | 1.95 m |
| 200 cm | 6′ 6.7″ | 2 m |
152 cm is almost exactly 5 ft — 5′ 0″ is 152.4 cm — which is why the imperial column drifts upwards through the table. If the number you have is already in metres, the metres to feet converter takes it directly: a height written 1.9 m is easier to type as it stands than to restate in centimetres.
Imperial to metric
Common heights in feet and inches, in cm
The other direction is the one a passport form, a gym app outside the US, or a European doctor asks for. These are the heights that come up in conversation — 4 ft 6 in to 6 ft 6 in — in steps of two inches.
| ft & in | cm | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| 4′ 6″ | 137.2 | 54 in |
| 4′ 8″ | 142.2 | 56 in |
| 4′ 10″ | 147.3 | 58 in |
| 5′ 0″ | 152.4 | 60 in |
| 5′ 2″ | 157.5 | 62 in |
| 5′ 4″ | 162.6 | 64 in |
| 5′ 6″ | 167.6 | 66 in |
| 5′ 8″ | 172.7 | 68 in |
| 5′ 10″ | 177.8 | 70 in |
| 6′ 0″ | 182.9 | 72 in |
| 6′ 2″ | 188 | 74 in |
| 6′ 4″ | 193 | 76 in |
| 6′ 6″ | 198.1 | 78 in |
The three heights most often looked up are 5′ 9″ (175.3 cm), 6′ 0″ (182.9 cm) and 6′ 2″ (188 cm). All three are whole inches, so all three are exact — see the next section for why that is not true of every row.
Why the numbers look odd
Why the figures are not round
Because the inch is defined as exactly 2.54 cm, and 12 of those make a foot: 1 ft is 30.48 cm exactly. Converting a height in either direction is therefore a division by a number that is not a whole number of centimetres, and the answers carry decimals for the same reason 100 ÷ 3 does.
Rounding conventions hide that. A centimetre height rounded to the nearest half inch — which is how most imperial height charts are printed — can be up to 0.6 cm away from the figure it claims to be. 5′ 8.9″ is 175 cm to the nearest tenth of an inch, but a chart that prints half inches will call it 5′ 9″ (175.3 cm), a difference nobody would notice and every conversion table has.
Worked once, the long way: 172 cm ÷ 2.54 = 67.72 inches. That is 5 ft (152.4 cm) with 7.72 inches over, so 172 cm is 5′ 7.7″.
Before you use it
What a height conversion cannot tell you
A height is a measurement, not a fixed property: standing height is a little less in the evening than in the morning, and shoes add more than a centimetre. That is why the figures here are given to a tenth of an inch — anything finer would be inventing precision the measurement does not have. The conversion itself is exact; the input is the variable.
This page is a unit converter, not a growth or health guide, and it makes no claim about what height is normal for any age or group. For the raw conversion of a single number, the feet to centimetres page also converts a mixed height the other way round, and feet to inches handles the case where the answer wanted is inches alone.
Common questions
About this chart
What is 170 cm in feet and inches?
5′ 6.9″ — 66.93 inches, or 5.577 ft as a single decimal.
What is 175 cm in feet and inches?
5′ 8.9″ — a little under 5 ft 9 in, which is why 175 cm is so often rounded to 5′ 9″ in charts that print half inches.
What is 180 cm in feet and inches?
5′ 10.9″. In metres that is 1.8 m, and in inches it is 70.87 in.
What is 185 cm in feet and inches?
6′ 0.8″ — the height Search Console shows people asking for most often on the centimetres to feet converter.
What is 5′ 9″ in cm?
5′ 9″ is 175.3 cm. Nine inches over five feet is 69 inches, and 69 × 2.54 is 175.26 cm exactly.
What is 6′ in cm?
6 ft is exactly 182.9 cm — 72 inches × 2.54.
Why does 1 metre not come out at 3 ft 3 in?
1 m is 3′ 3.4″, not a round 3 ft 3 in. The metre was defined independently of the foot, so the two systems never met on a round number: 1 m is 39.37 inches, and 2.54 cm per inch does not divide 100 evenly.
Why should I trust these numbers?
They are computed at build time from the same conversion engine as the converters, whose factors are the defining standards listed on the methodology page — here, the international inch of exactly 2.54 cm. If a row disagreed with the converter, the build would fail.
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Converters in this guide
- Centimeters to Feet cm → ft
- Feet to Centimeters ft → cm
- Feet to Inches ft → in
- Meters to Feet m → ft
Every figure in this guide is computed at build time from the same conversion engine as the converters it links to, and the factors behind it are the defining standards listed on the methodology page. Nothing here is typed by hand from a template.
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