Hectares (ha)
The hectare is a metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, the area of a square 100 m on each side.
Convert hectares to any area unit
1 hectare = 10,000 square meters
Quick facts
- Unit
- Hectare (plural: hectares)
- Symbol
- ha
- Measures
- Area
- System
- Metric
- Equals
- 10,000 square meters
- Definition
- 10,000 m², a square 100 m on each side.
- Also written
- square hectometer, hm²
1 hectare in other units
| Square meters | 10,000 m² |
| Square feet | 107,639.1042 ft² |
| Acres | 2.471053815 ac |
| Square kilometers | 0.01 km² |
| Square miles | 0.003861021585 mi² |
| Square centimeters | 100,000,000 cm² |
| Square yards | 11,959.90046 yd² |
| Square inches | 15,500,031 in² |
What is a hectare?
The hectare is a metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, the area of a square 100 m on each side. It is about 2.47 acres. The hectare is the standard unit for farmland, forests and land parcels in most countries.
The name comes from "hecto-" (100) and "are": one hectare is 100 ares.
Where the hectare sits among area units
The hectare is number 90 of 112 on our scale of area units, ordered from smallest to largest.
What hectares are used for
- Farmland and crop yields (tonnes per hectare)
- Forests, parks and nature reserves
- Large land plots and development sites
Hectares in real life
- A soccer pitch is about 0.7 ha
- Central Park in New York is about 341 ha
- Vatican City is 49 ha
- An average farm in the EU is about 17 ha
One hectare is about 8 Olympic pools, or about 1.9 American football fields, or about 1.4 soccer pitches, or about 24 basketball courts.
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Convert hectares to all 111 other units
Metric
US & imperial
- ha to ft²
- ha to ac
- ha to mi²
- ha to yd²
- ha to in²
- ha to cmil
- ha to roofing square
- ha to section
- ha to rd²
- ha to US survey acre
- ha to rood
- ha to ch²
- ha to mil²
- ha to township
- ha to homestead
- ha to Irish acre
- ha to Scottish acre
- ha to circular inch
- ha to Cheshire acre
East & Southeast Asian
- ha to 평
- ha to 亩
- ha to 坪
- ha to ไร่
- ha to 坪
- ha to งาน
- ha to ตร.ว.
- ha to 顷
- ha to 町
- ha to 甲
- ha to 反
- ha to 分
- ha to 단보
- ha to 정보
- ha to 畝
- ha to 厘
- ha to 合
- ha to 分
- ha to 마지기
- ha to square chi
South Asian
- ha to bigha
- ha to kanal
- ha to marla
- ha to cent
- ha to kattha
- ha to guntha
- ha to biswa
- ha to ground
- ha to ankanam
- ha to chatak
- ha to dhur
- ha to killa
- ha to murabba
European & Middle Eastern
- ha to dunam
- ha to feddan
- ha to arpent
- ha to Morgen
- ha to Joch
- ha to desyatina
- ha to jerib
- ha to qirat
- ha to Tagwerk
- ha to square perch (French)
- ha to square sazhen
- ha to square versta
Latin American
- ha to manzana
- ha to alqueire paulista
- ha to alqueire mineiro
- ha to v²
- ha to cuadra (area)
- ha to fanega (area)
- ha to tarea
- ha to alqueire baiano
- ha to caballeria
- ha to square braca
Ancient
- ha to jugerum
- ha to aroura
- ha to centuria
- ha to actus
- ha to heredium
- ha to saltus
- ha to square Roman foot
- ha to square plethron
Scientific
Everyday comparisons
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Frequently asked questions
What is a hectare?
The hectare is a metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, the area of a square 100 m on each side.
How is the hectare defined?
10,000 m², a square 100 m on each side.
How many square meters are in a hectare?
One hectare equals 10,000 square meters.
How many square feet are in a hectare?
One hectare equals 107,639.1042 square feet.
How many acres are in a hectare?
One hectare equals 2.471053815 acres.