Meters to Yards (m to yd)

How to convert meters to yards

Divide the meters by 0.9144:

yd = m ÷ 0.9144

100 m ÷ 0.9144 = 109.36 yd. The divisor is exact: since 1959 the yard is defined as 0.9144 meters. Dividing by 0.9144 is the same as multiplying by 1.0936133. The result also shows the length as yards and feet — 109 yd 1.08 ft — along with feet on their own. To go the other way, use yards to meters.

Meters to yards chart

Pools, tracks and fields

U.S. pools and football fields are in yards, while Olympic pools and tracks are in meters. A 50-meter swim is 54.68 yards, so times in long-course and yard pools are not directly comparable. Golf distances are in yards in the U.S. and on many course cards worldwide, while rangefinders can show either.

Landscaping and lumber

Garden centers sell mulch, soil and gravel by the cubic yard and turf by the square yard, while garden plans from abroad give beds in meters. A bed 5 m long is 5.47 yards; a lawn 10 × 8 m is 80 m², or 95.7 square yards. Convert the lengths first and multiply afterwards, or use the square meters to square feet converter for the area, which also shows square yards. For volumes, the cubic yards calculator takes metric depths directly.

A quick estimate

A meter is about 10% more than a yard: add a tenth to the meters and you are within 0.6%. 100 meters plus 10 is 110 yards, against an exact 109.36. Going the other way, take a tenth off yards to estimate meters: 100 yards is about 90 meters (91.44). For golf, where distances are in yards in the U.S. but in meters on some courses abroad, this rule is close enough to choose a club: 150 meters is about 165 yards (164.0).

Fabric and landscaping

Fabric from European shops is sold by the meter, U.S. shops by the yard. A meter is about 3.4 inches longer than a yard, so 3 meters is 3.28 yards — round up to the next 1/8 yard when converting a pattern. For yards in inches, see inches to yards; for feet, meters to feet and yards to feet.