Area Converter
Convert between square meters, acres, hectares, and other area units
Common Area Conversions
Area in Real Life
Football Field
≈ 5,351 m² (1.32 acres)
Average House
≈ 200 m² (2,150 ft²)
Central Park NYC
≈ 3.41 km² (843 acres)
Tennis Court
≈ 261 m² (2,808 ft²)
About Area Measurement
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in a plane. It's measured in square units and is fundamental in architecture, real estate, agriculture, and engineering. Understanding area conversion helps in property valuation, land surveying, and construction.
Common Applications
- • Real estate and property measurement
- • Agriculture and land management
- • Construction and architecture
- • Interior design and space planning
- • Geographic information systems (GIS)
- • Environmental conservation planning
Unit Systems
- • Metric: m², cm², km², hectare
- • Imperial: ft², in², yd², acre
- • US Survey: square mile, section
- • Traditional: rood, perch, barn
- • Scientific: barn (nuclear physics)
Area Relationships
Area grows with the square of linear dimensions. If you double the length and width of a rectangle, its area increases by 4 times. One hectare equals 10,000 m² or about 2.47 acres. A football field is approximately 0.57 hectares or 1.32 acres.
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