How many hectares are in a square kilometre?

One square kilometre is 100 hectares, i.e. 1,000,000 square metres.

How many acres is a hectare?

One hectare is 2.47105 acres. The other way around, one international acre is 4,046.86 square metres, roughly 0.4 hectares.

Is a hectare the same as a football field?

Not quite: a standard football pitch (105 × 68 metres) is about 7,140 square metres, i.e. 0.71 hectares. One hectare is almost a pitch and a half.

How many square metres are in a hectare? Area unit converter

Q: How many square metres are in a hectare?

One hectare is 10,000 square metres: a square measuring 100 × 100 metres. That is 0.01 km², or about 2.47 acres.

One hectare is 10,000 square metres (square meters, in US spelling): a square measuring 100 × 100 metres. With the converter above you can turn any number of hectares into square metres, square kilometres, acres, square miles, square feet or square yards — and the other way around, from any of those units back into hectares. And if you want to actually see how big that area is, the Hectareometer draws it to scale on a real map.

Equivalence table: how much is one hectare?

1 hectare equals	Unit
10,000 m²	square metres
0.01 km²	square kilometres
2.47105 ac	acres
0.00386102 sq mi	square miles
107,639 ft²	square feet
11,959.9 yd²	square yards
≈ 1.4 pitches	football fields (7,140 m²)

Common values

The most searched-for conversions, already worked out. Click the hectares to see them drawn on the map:

Hectares	m²	km²	Acres
1 ha	10,000	0.01	2.47
5 ha	50,000	0.05	12.36
10 ha	100,000	0.1	24.71
100 ha	1,000,000	1	247.11
1,000 ha	10,000,000	10	2,471.05

Example conversions

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Frequently asked questions about hectares and square metres

How many square metres are in a hectare?: One hectare is 10,000 square metres: a square measuring 100 × 100 metres. That is 0.01 km², or about 2.47 acres.
How many hectares are in a square kilometre?: One square kilometre is 100 hectares, i.e. 1,000,000 square metres.
How many acres is a hectare?: One hectare is 2.47105 acres. The other way around, one international acre is 4,046.86 square metres, roughly 0.4 hectares.
Is a hectare the same as a football field?: Not quite: a standard football pitch (105 × 68 metres) is about 7,140 square metres, i.e. 0.71 hectares. One hectare is almost a pitch and a half.

Want to see how big an area really is instead of just converting it? Try the Hectareometer, which draws any number of hectares to scale on a real map, or measure an area by drawing it yourself. We also have tools for distances, liters and kilos.