Yards to meters converter

m = yd × 0.9144 and yd = m × 1.09361.

A yard is 3 feet or 36 inches, and it's defined as exactly 0.9144 meters. A meter is about 1.094 yards, so a meter is roughly 3.4 inches longer than a yard. Example: 50 yards is 50 × 0.9144 = 45.72 m.

For a quick estimate, subtract 10% from yards to get meters: 200 yd minus 20 is about 180 m (exact: 182.9 m). Going the other way, add 10% to meters to get yards. The estimate is within about 1%, which is fine for golf and field sports but not for fabric orders or construction, where you should use the exact result shown above.

From meters: 1 m = 1.094 yd, 10 m = 10.94 yd, 100 m = 109.4 yd.

Yards are everywhere in American sports. A football field is 100 yards between the goal lines (91.44 m), or 120 yards including both end zones (109.7 m). Golf distances are in yards in the US, while many courses abroad use meters, so a 150-yard shot is 137 m.

Swimming is a classic trap: many US high school and college pools are 25 yards long, while international competition uses 25 m and 50 m pools. A 25-yard pool is 22.86 m, so times swum in yards are faster than the same distance in meters and can't be compared directly. A 100-yard swim is 91.44 m.

Fabric in the US is sold by the yard; in most other countries it's sold by the meter. Since a meter is about 9% longer, 3 yards of fabric is 2.74 m, and 3 meters is 3.28 yards. Round up when you buy.

Carpet and artificial turf are often priced by the square yard. One square yard is 9 square feet or 0.836 m². A 12 × 15 ft room is 180 sq ft, which is 20 square yards or 16.7 m². Use the Area tab to convert square yards directly; don't use the length factor on an area.

The Length tab also shows feet, inches, centimeters, kilometers and miles, so you can read a measurement in whichever unit you need: 1 yard = 3 ft = 36 in = 91.44 cm. For feet-based measurements, see the feet to meters converter. Choose 0 to 8 decimal places; all calculations happen in your browser.