Hectare (ha)
A hectare is 10,000 square meters, or exactly one hundred ares — a practical field for large plots.
Hectares report forest cover, vineyard size, and agricultural statistics in metric countries.
Convert hectare to acre instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected ha values converted to ac using the exact factor from this tool.
| ha | ac |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0247105381 |
| 0.1 | 0.2471053815 |
| 1 | 2.4710538147 |
| 2 | 4.9421076293 |
| 3 | 7.413161444 |
| 5 | 12.3552690734 |
| 10 | 24.7105381467 |
| 20 | 49.4210762934 |
| 50 | 123.5526907336 |
| 100 | 247.1053814672 |
| 1,000 | 2,471.0538146717 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 ha = 2.4710538147 ac
1 ac = 0.4046856422 ha
To convert hectare to acre, multiply by 2.4710538147.
To convert acre to hectare, multiply by 0.4046856422.
Example: convert 10 ha to ac
10 × 2.4710538147 = 24.7105381467 ac
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
A hectare is 10,000 square meters, or exactly one hundred ares — a practical field for large plots.
Hectares report forest cover, vineyard size, and agricultural statistics in metric countries.
An acre is 43,560 square feet, or exactly 4,046.8564224 square meters — a traditional land measure.
Acres parcel farmland, suburban lots, and parks in the United States, UK, and several Commonwealth countries.
ac = ha × 2.4710538147ha = ac × 0.4046856422, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any area conversion starting from hectare — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.