Yards to Meters Converter — Yd to M for Sports and Fabric

How to convert yards to meters

Multiply the yards by 0.9144:

meters = yards × 0.9144

100 yd × 0.9144 = 91.44 m. The factor is exact. To go the other way, divide meters by 0.9144 (or multiply by 1.0936) — type the meters into the second field. For feet, see feet to yards; for meters to feet, meters to feet.

A meter is about 9% longer than a yard, so treating them as equal is fine for a rough sense of distance but not for anything measured.

Why exactly 0.9144

From 1893 the U.S. yard was defined from the meter as 3600/3937 m, about 0.9144018 m. In 1959 the United States, the United Kingdom and four other countries agreed on a common international yard of exactly 0.9144 m — two parts per million shorter. That agreement also fixed the foot at 0.3048 m and the inch at 2.54 cm, so all of these conversions are exact; only the old survey units, retired by NIST in 2023, used the 1893 value.

Yards to meters chart

Yards (yd)	Meters (m)
1 yd	0.9144 m
2 yd	1.829 m
3 yd	2.743 m
5 yd	4.572 m
10 yd	9.144 m
20 yd	18.29 m
25 yd	22.86 m
40 yd	36.58 m
50 yd	45.72 m
100 yd	91.44 m
110 yd	100.58 m
200 yd	182.88 m
400 yd	365.76 m
440 yd	402.34 m
500 yd	457.2 m
880 yd	804.67 m
1,000 yd	914.4 m
1,760 yd	1,609.34 m

1,760 yards is a mile (1,609.344 m). To convert a list of distances — training splits, golf yardages — open Convert a list of values and paste the yards one per line.

Yards and meters in sports

Sport	Yards	Meters
Football field, goal line to goal line	100 yd	91.44 m
Football field with end zones	120 yd	109.73 m
40-yard dash	40 yd	36.58 m
Short-course pool (U.S.)	25 yd	22.86 m
100-yard swim	100 yd	91.44 m
500-yard swim	500 yd	457.2 m
Golf: par-3 hole of 150 yd	150 yd	137.16 m
Golf: drive of 250 yd	250 yd	228.6 m

High school and college pools in the U.S. are often 25 yards; international competition uses 25 m and 50 m pools.

Fabric by the yard

U.S. fabric stores sell by the yard and fractions of a yard; European patterns call for meters. Common cuts:

1/2 yd = 0.457 m (45.7 cm)
1 yd = 0.914 m (91.4 cm)
1 1/2 yd = 1.372 m
2 1/2 yd = 2.286 m
3 yd = 2.743 m

When a pattern asks for 2 m, buy 2.2 yd (2 ÷ 0.9144 = 2.19). For landscaping materials sold by the cubic yard, a length conversion does not apply — use the cubic yards calculator.

Frequently asked questions

How many meters is a yard?

Exactly 0.9144 meters, or 91.44 cm. The international yard was defined that way in 1959; the foot (a third of a yard) is 0.3048 m.

How many meters is 100 yards?

91.44 meters. 50 yards is 45.72 m and 200 yards is 182.88 m.

Is a yard longer than a meter?

No. A meter is about 9% longer: 1 m = 1.0936 yd, or 1 yard 3.37 inches.

How long is a football field in meters?

An American football field is 100 yards (91.44 m) between the goal lines, and 120 yards (109.73 m) including both end zones. It is 53 1/3 yards (48.77 m) wide.

Is a 25-yard pool the same as a 25-meter pool?

No. 25 yards is 22.86 m, so a 25 m pool is 2.14 m longer per length. Over 100 yards versus 100 meters that is 8.56 m — which is why swim times in yards and meters are not directly comparable.

How many feet are in a yard?

3 feet, or 36 inches. A yard is 91.44 cm.