How do I convert square meters to acres or hectares?
Area converter: square meters, ares, hectares, square kilometers, acres, square feet, square yards. Perfect for real estate, land, gardens, landscaping projects.
Type a value in one unit, see the conversion to all the others.
How to use it
- Type a value and pick a unit.
- The other area units show the conversion automatically.
- Click any tile to copy the result.
When this is useful
The most common uses:
- Apartment or house. "100 m² is how many sq ft?" (1076 ft²). Classic for buying property abroad.
- Building lot. 1500 m² is 0.15 hectares or about 0.37 acres. Useful for translating between European and US-style listings.
- Farmland. "200-hectare farm in the US, that's how many acres?" (494 ac). Acres are standard for land in the US.
- Backyard garden. 500 m² is about 0.12 acre. A small US "lot" is typically 0.2-0.5 acre.
- Country or region area. France 643,000 km², USA 9.83M km². The scale difference shows in conversion.
- Education. Geometry and geography homework.
Questions and answers
1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m² = 100 ares. A 100m × 100m square. A soccer field is about 0.7 hectares. The standard land unit in Europe.