Acres to square kilometers

Type a value in acres to see it in square kilometers straight away, or type in the second box to convert back.

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How to use it

  1. Type the value in the acres box.
  2. Read the result in square kilometers as you type, and pick the precision you need.
  3. Swap the direction to convert back, or copy the result.

How it is calculated

km² = ac × 0.004046856422

Multiply the value in acres by 0.004046856422 to get square kilometers.

Example

To convert 25 ac to square kilometers: 25 × 0.004046856422 = 0.101171 km².

Conversion table

Acres (ac)Square kilometers (km²)
10.00404686
20.00809371
30.0121406
50.0202343
100.0404686
200.0809371
250.101171
500.202343
1000.404686
2501.01171
5002.02343
1,0004.04686

About the units

Acre
The international acre is 43,560 square feet, exactly 4046.8564224 square meters, used for land in the US and UK.
Square kilometer
A square kilometer is exactly 1,000,000 square meters, used for the area of cities and countries.

Limits and caveats

  • Results are rounded for display and computed with the browser's floating point precision (about 15 significant digits).
  • Both unit factors are exact by their official definitions.

Questions about this tool

How many square kilometers are in one acre?

1 ac = 0.00404686 km² exactly.

How do I convert acres to square kilometers?

Use km² = ac × 0.004046856422. For example, 25 ac = 0.101171 km².

How many acres are in one square kilometer?

1 km² = 247.105 ac.

How do I convert square meters to square feet?

Divide the square meters by 0.09290304, or multiply by about 10.7639. The factor is exact because a foot is exactly 0.3048 m.

Are the dunam, feddan and acre the same size?

No. A metric dunam is 1000 m², an Iraqi dunam 2500 m², an Egyptian feddan about 4200.83 m² and an acre 4046.8564224 m².