Millimeter (mm)
A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter — the metric workhorse for fine measurements and manufacturing tolerances.
Millimeters are used in engineering drawings, rainfall totals, and anywhere sub-centimeter precision matters.
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Selected mm values converted to in using the exact factor from this tool.
| mm | in |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0003937008 |
| 0.1 | 0.0039370079 |
| 1 | 0.0393700787 |
| 2 | 0.0787401575 |
| 3 | 0.1181102362 |
| 5 | 0.1968503937 |
| 10 | 0.3937007874 |
| 20 | 0.7874015748 |
| 50 | 1.968503937 |
| 100 | 3.937007874 |
| 1,000 | 39.3700787402 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 mm = 0.0393700787 in
1 in = 25.4 mm
To convert millimeter to inch, multiply by 0.0393700787.
To convert inch to millimeter, multiply by 25.4.
Example: convert 15 mm to in
15 × 0.0393700787 = 0.5905511811 in
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter — the metric workhorse for fine measurements and manufacturing tolerances.
Millimeters are used in engineering drawings, rainfall totals, and anywhere sub-centimeter precision matters.
An inch is a unit in US customary and imperial measure, standardized internationally as exactly 2.54 centimeters.
Inches dominate screen sizes, lumber dimensions, and everyday measuring tapes in the United States.
in = mm × 0.0393700787mm = in × 25.4, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any length conversion starting from millimeter — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.