To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between one metre and ten metres.

• Distances shorter than 1 m
• 1 metre is:
  • 39 inches
  • 3.28 feet
  • 100 centimetres
  • 1000 millimetres
  • side of square with area 1 m²
  • edge of cube with surface area 6 m² and volume 1 m³
  • radius of circle with area 3.14 m²
  • radius of sphere with surface area 12.56 m² and volume 4.19 m³
• 1 m — wavelength of the highest VHF radio frequency, 300 MHz
• 1.1 – 1.2 m — a pizote (mammal)
• 1.435m — Standard gauge of railway track used by about 60% of railways in the world = 4' 8½" .
• 1.70 m (5 feet 7 inches) — one smoot
• 1.83 m — (6 feet) height of average/tall male human
• 2.77 – 3.44 m — wavelength of the broadcast radio FM band 108 - 87 MHz
• 3.048 m — (10 feet) height of the basket in basketball
• 3.054 m — The length of an old Mini
• 3.63 m — the record wingspan for living birds (a Wandering Albatross).
• 3.66 m — The length of a new Mini
• 4.80 – 5.50 m — height of a giraffe
• 7.5m — approximate length of the human gastrointestinal tract.
• 10 m — wavelength of the lowest VHF radio frequency, 30 MHz
• Distances longer than 10 m

See also

• Orders of magnitude (length)