Square centimeters (cm²)
The square centimeter is the area of a square one centimeter on each side, one ten-thousandth of a square meter and about 0.155 square inches.
Convert square centimeters to any area unit
1 square centimeter = 0.0001 square meters
Quick facts
- Unit
- Square centimeter (plural: square centimeters)
- Symbol
- cm²
- Measures
- Area
- System
- Metric
- Equals
- 0.0001 square meters
- Definition
- The area of a square with 1 cm sides: 1/10,000 of a square meter.
- Also written
- square centimetre, sq cm, cm2
1 square centimeter in other units
| Square meters | 0.0001 m² |
| Square feet | 0.001076391042 ft² |
| Acres | 2.4710538 × 10-8 ac |
| Hectares | 1 × 10-8 ha |
| Square kilometers | 1 × 10-10 km² |
| Square miles | 3.8610216 × 10-11 mi² |
| Square yards | 0.000119599005 yd² |
| Square inches | 0.15500031 in² |
What is a square centimeter?
The square centimeter is the area of a square one centimeter on each side, one ten-thousandth of a square meter and about 0.155 square inches. It is used for small surfaces such as labels, skin areas in medicine and electronic components.
Where the square centimeter sits among area units
The square centimeter is number 11 of 112 on our scale of area units, ordered from smallest to largest.
Square centimeters in real life
- A postage stamp is about 5 cm²
- A credit card is about 46 cm²
- An A4 sheet of paper is 623.7 cm²
One square centimeter is about 20% of a postage stamp.
Top square centimeter conversions
- Square centimeters to square meters
- Square centimeters to square feet
- Square centimeters to acres
- Square centimeters to hectares
- Square centimeters to square kilometers
- Square centimeters to square miles
- Square centimeters to square yards
- Square centimeters to square inches
- Square centimeters to square millimeters
- Square centimeters to pyeong
- Square centimeters to bighas
- Square centimeters to mu
Common amounts of square centimeters
- 0.1 cm²
- 0.2 cm²
- 0.3 cm²
- 0.4 cm²
- 0.5 cm²
- 0.6 cm²
- 0.7 cm²
- 0.8 cm²
- 0.9 cm²
- 1 cm²
- 1.5 cm²
- 2 cm²
- 2.5 cm²
- 3 cm²
- 3.5 cm²
- 4 cm²
- 4.5 cm²
- 5 cm²
- 6 cm²
- 7 cm²
- 7.5 cm²
- 8 cm²
- 9 cm²
- 10 cm²
- 11 cm²
- 12 cm²
- 13 cm²
- 14 cm²
- 15 cm²
- 16 cm²
- 17 cm²
- 18 cm²
- 19 cm²
- 20 cm²
- 21 cm²
- 22 cm²
- 23 cm²
- 24 cm²
- 25 cm²
- 26 cm²
- 27 cm²
- 28 cm²
- 29 cm²
- 30 cm²
- 31 cm²
- 32 cm²
- 33 cm²
- 34 cm²
- 35 cm²
- 36 cm²
- 37 cm²
- 38 cm²
- 39 cm²
- 40 cm²
- 41 cm²
- 42 cm²
- 43 cm²
- 44 cm²
- 45 cm²
- 46 cm²
- 47 cm²
- 48 cm²
- 49 cm²
- 50 cm²
- 51 cm²
- 52 cm²
- 53 cm²
- 54 cm²
- 55 cm²
- 56 cm²
- 57 cm²
- 58 cm²
- 59 cm²
- 60 cm²
- 61 cm²
- 62 cm²
- 63 cm²
- 64 cm²
- 65 cm²
- 66 cm²
- 67 cm²
- 68 cm²
- 69 cm²
- 70 cm²
- 71 cm²
- 72 cm²
- 73 cm²
- 74 cm²
- 75 cm²
- 76 cm²
- 77 cm²
- 78 cm²
- 79 cm²
- 80 cm²
- 81 cm²
- 82 cm²
- 83 cm²
- 84 cm²
- 85 cm²
- 86 cm²
- 87 cm²
- 88 cm²
- 89 cm²
- 90 cm²
- 91 cm²
- 92 cm²
- 93 cm²
- 94 cm²
- 95 cm²
- 96 cm²
- 97 cm²
- 98 cm²
- 99 cm²
- 100 cm²
- 110 cm²
- 120 cm²
- 130 cm²
- 140 cm²
- 150 cm²
- 160 cm²
- 170 cm²
- 180 cm²
- 190 cm²
- 200 cm²
- 210 cm²
- 220 cm²
- 230 cm²
- 240 cm²
- 250 cm²
- 260 cm²
- 270 cm²
- 280 cm²
- 290 cm²
- 300 cm²
- 310 cm²
- 320 cm²
- 330 cm²
- 340 cm²
- 350 cm²
- 360 cm²
- 370 cm²
- 380 cm²
- 390 cm²
- 400 cm²
- 410 cm²
- 420 cm²
- 430 cm²
- 440 cm²
- 450 cm²
- 460 cm²
- 470 cm²
- 480 cm²
- 490 cm²
- 500 cm²
- 600 cm²
- 700 cm²
- 800 cm²
- 900 cm²
- 1,000 cm²
- 1,200 cm²
- 1,500 cm²
- 2,000 cm²
- 2,500 cm²
- 3,000 cm²
- 4,000 cm²
- 5,000 cm²
- 10,000 cm²
Convert square centimeters to all 111 other units
Metric
US & imperial
- cm² to ft²
- cm² to ac
- cm² to mi²
- cm² to yd²
- cm² to in²
- cm² to cmil
- cm² to roofing square
- cm² to section
- cm² to rd²
- cm² to US survey acre
- cm² to rood
- cm² to ch²
- cm² to mil²
- cm² to township
- cm² to homestead
- cm² to Irish acre
- cm² to Scottish acre
- cm² to circular inch
- cm² to Cheshire acre
East & Southeast Asian
- cm² to 평
- cm² to 亩
- cm² to 坪
- cm² to ไร่
- cm² to 坪
- cm² to งาน
- cm² to ตร.ว.
- cm² to 顷
- cm² to 町
- cm² to 甲
- cm² to 反
- cm² to 分
- cm² to 단보
- cm² to 정보
- cm² to 畝
- cm² to 厘
- cm² to 合
- cm² to 分
- cm² to 마지기
- cm² to square chi
South Asian
- cm² to bigha
- cm² to kanal
- cm² to marla
- cm² to cent
- cm² to kattha
- cm² to guntha
- cm² to biswa
- cm² to ground
- cm² to ankanam
- cm² to chatak
- cm² to dhur
- cm² to killa
- cm² to murabba
European & Middle Eastern
- cm² to dunam
- cm² to feddan
- cm² to arpent
- cm² to Morgen
- cm² to Joch
- cm² to desyatina
- cm² to jerib
- cm² to qirat
- cm² to Tagwerk
- cm² to square perch (French)
- cm² to square sazhen
- cm² to square versta
Latin American
- cm² to manzana
- cm² to alqueire paulista
- cm² to alqueire mineiro
- cm² to v²
- cm² to cuadra (area)
- cm² to fanega (area)
- cm² to tarea
- cm² to alqueire baiano
- cm² to caballeria
- cm² to square braca
Ancient
- cm² to jugerum
- cm² to aroura
- cm² to centuria
- cm² to actus
- cm² to heredium
- cm² to saltus
- cm² to square Roman foot
- cm² to square plethron
Scientific
Everyday comparisons
Convert to square centimeters
- Square meters to square centimeters
- Square feet to square centimeters
- Acres to square centimeters
- Hectares to square centimeters
- Square kilometers to square centimeters
- Square miles to square centimeters
- Square yards to square centimeters
- Square inches to square centimeters
- Square millimeters to square centimeters
- Pyeong to square centimeters
- Bighas to square centimeters
- Mu to square centimeters
Frequently asked questions
What is a square centimeter?
The square centimeter is the area of a square one centimeter on each side, one ten-thousandth of a square meter and about 0.155 square inches.
How is the square centimeter defined?
The area of a square with 1 cm sides: 1/10,000 of a square meter.
How many square meters are in a square centimeter?
One square centimeter equals 0.0001 square meters.
How many square feet are in a square centimeter?
One square centimeter equals 0.001076391042 square feet.
How many acres are in a square centimeter?
One square centimeter equals 2.4710538e-8 acres.