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5 ft 11 in is 180.34 cm

5 ft 11 in = 180.34 cm. That is 71 inches in total, or 1.8034 meters. Every inch is exactly 2.54 cm, so this number is exact, not rounded.

5 ft 11 in on a tape measure

180.34cm

71 in in total

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Centimeters
180.34 cm
Total inches
71 in
Meters
1.8034 m
Rounded to a whole cm
180 cm

71 in × 2.54 = 180.34 cm.

How to convert 5 ft 11 in to cm

5 × 12 + 11 = 71 in   71 × 2.54 = 180.34 cm

First turn the feet into inches (5 × 12 = 60) and add the remaining 11 inches to get 71 inches. Then multiply by 2.54, the exact number of centimeters in an inch. Divide by 100 for meters: 1.8034 m.

How 5 ft 11 in compares with U.S. adults

For U.S. men age 20 and older, 71 inches is 2.1 in taller than the average of 68.9 in and falls between the 75th percentile (70.9 in) and the 85th percentile (72.1 in). For women, it is 7.5 in taller than the average of 63.5 in and falls above the 95th percentile (67.9 in).

Measured heights from CDC/NCHS Anthropometric Reference Data, Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, No. 50, Table 8, August 2021 to August 2023. Percentiles are the published ones; nothing is interpolated.

Heights near 5 ft 11 in

HeightInchesCentimetersMeters
5 ft 8 in68 in172.72 cm1.7272 m
5 ft 9 in69 in175.26 cm1.7526 m
5 ft 10 in70 in177.80 cm1.7780 m
5 ft 11 in71 in180.34 cm1.8034 m
6 ft 0 in72 in182.88 cm1.8288 m
6 ft 1 in73 in185.42 cm1.8542 m
6 ft 2 in74 in187.96 cm1.8796 m

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Sources: 1 inch = 2.54 cm and 1 foot = 12 inches exactly, NIST Handbook 44 (2024), Appendix C, General Tables of Units of Measurement. U.S. heights: CDC/NCHS Anthropometric Reference Data, Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, No. 50, Table 8.