Convert Between Units of Area
Area describes how much surface a shape covers and is used in construction takeoffs, land measurement, hydraulics, and stress calculations. Common units include m^2, ft^2, hectares, and acres. Area conversions are easy to get wrong if you accidentally apply a linear conversion factor (meters to feet) to an area. Remember that area scales with the square of the length conversion.
About Area Conversions
Helpful context and notes for converting Area units.
Engineers use area for everything from beam bearing checks (force per area) to drainage modeling (rainfall depth over area) to pavement quantities. Land documents often use acres or hectares, while design sheets prefer m^2 or ft^2. A quick anchor: 1 hectare is 10,000 m^2, and 1 m^2 is about 10.7639 ft^2. If your converted value moves in the wrong direction, re-check the unit.
Practical tip: treat area conversions as “length conversion squared.” For example, since 1 m equals 3.28084 ft, then 1 m^2 equals (3.28084)^2 ft^2, which is 10.7639 ft^2. This one habit prevents a lot of quiet errors. If an area feeds into pressure, stress, or runoff volume calculations, write the intermediate units explicitly so the dimensional logic stays visible.
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Fun Fact
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Supported Units
Common and engineering-specific units supported for this conversion.
- acre (Acres)
- ar (Ares)
- barn (Barns)
- ha (Hectares)
- morgen (Morgens)
- mm2 (square centimeters)
- hm2 (square decameters)
- cm2 (square decimeters)
- Gm² (square gigameters)
- km2 (square hectometers)
- Mm2 (square kilometers)
- Tm2 (square megameters)
- m2 (square meters)
- pm2 (square micrometers)
- μm2 (square millimeters)
- nm² (square nanometers)
- pm² (square picometers)
- Tm² (square terameters)
- uk_acre (UK Acres)
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