500 m² to ha — 500 square metres in hectares
Exact 500 ÷ 10,000 = 0.05
500 square metres in other units
| Square millimetres | 500,000,000 | mm² |
|---|---|---|
| Square centimetres | 5,000,000 | cm² |
| Ares | 5 | a |
| Hectares | 0.05 | ha |
| Square kilometres | 0.0005 | km² |
| Square inches | 775,001.55 | in² |
| Square feet | 5,381.96 | ft² |
| Square yards | 597.995023 | yd² |
| Acres | 0.12355269 | ac |
| Square miles | 0.000193051079 | mi² |
m² to ha at a glance
| Square metres | Hectares |
|---|---|
| 1 m² | 0.0001 ha |
| 2 m² | 0.0002 ha |
| 3 m² | 0.0003 ha |
| 5 m² | 0.0005 ha |
| 10 m² | 0.001 ha |
| 20 m² | 0.002 ha |
| 25 m² | 0.0025 ha |
| 50 m² | 0.005 ha |
| 100 m² | 0.01 ha |
| 250 m² | 0.025 ha |
| 500 m² | 0.05 ha |
| 1,000 m² | 0.1 ha |
How to convert square metres to hectares
Multiply by 0.0001 — one square metre is 0.0001 hectares. That factor is exact: it comes from the definition of the units rather than from a measurement, so it will not change and does not need rounding.
Working 500 ÷ 10,000 = 0.05
What these units are
The square metre and the hectare are covered in the area unit guide, along with every other unit on this page.
Questions
How many hectares are in a square metre?
One square metre is 0.0001 hectares. This figure is exact — it comes from the definition of the unit, not a measurement.
What is 500 square metres in hectares?
500 square metres is 0.05 hectares. The working is 500 ÷ 10,000 = 0.05.
How big is an acre, really?
About 4,047 square metres, or roughly 70 by 58 metres if it were square — though it rarely is. The traditional definition was one chain by one furlong, the strip a team of oxen could plough in a day, which is why it is a long thin shape rather than a round number.
How many acres in a hectare?
A hectare is about 2.47 acres. The hectare is the tidier unit: it is exactly 10,000 square metres, or a square 100 metres on each side. Most of the world quotes land in hectares and only the English-speaking countries still lean on the acre.
Why isn't a square foot 12 square inches?
Because area scales with the square of length. A foot is 12 inches, so a square foot is 12 × 12 = 144 square inches. The same catch doubles again for volume, where a cubic foot is 1,728 cubic inches.
What area is a football pitch?
There is no single answer, which is why it is a poor unit despite being a popular one. FIFA allows pitches between roughly 4,050 and 10,800 square metres, so "the size of a football pitch" can vary by a factor of more than two.