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 square kilometer instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected ha values converted to km² using the exact factor from this tool.
| ha | km² |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0001 |
| 0.1 | 0.001 |
| 1 | 0.01 |
| 2 | 0.02 |
| 3 | 0.03 |
| 5 | 0.05 |
| 10 | 0.1 |
| 20 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.5 |
| 100 | 1 |
| 1,000 | 10 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 ha = 0.01 km²
1 km² = 100 ha
To convert hectare to square kilometer, multiply by 0.01.
To convert square kilometer to hectare, multiply by 100.
Example: convert 10 ha to km²
10 × 0.01 = 0.1 km²
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.
A square kilometer is one million square meters — a convenient scale for towns, lakes, and protected areas.
Square kilometers appear on maps, census data, and environmental reports worldwide.
km² = ha × 0.01ha = km² × 100, 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.