What do these size converters do?
Shoppers and travellers constantly need to translate a height or a size from one system to another — a US clothing size into its UK or EU equivalent, a shoe size before ordering from an overseas store, or someone's height in centimetres versus feet and inches. This page bundles all three into one simple, tab-based tool.
How to use it
- Switch tabs above for Height, Clothing sizes, or Shoe sizes.
- For height, type a value into either box — feet/inches or centimetres — and the other updates instantly.
- For clothing and shoes, pick your category and the system you already know your size in, then choose your size to see the equivalents.
Good to know
Clothing and shoe sizing isn't perfectly standardised — cuts, brands, and even regions within the same country can vary. Treat the numbers here as a solid general reference for comparing systems, and check a specific retailer's own size chart when it's available for the most accurate fit.
Worked example
Frequently asked questions
No — they're different systems. A US women's size 8 is roughly a UK size 12 and an EU size 40. UK and US clothing sizes are offset by about 4 sizes, which trips up a lot of shoppers ordering from overseas.
Foot length in centimetres is the most reliable way to compare shoe sizes across brands and countries, because the US/UK/EU numbering conventions don't perfectly line up and can vary slightly from one shoe brand to the next. If you know your foot length in cm, it's the safest starting point.
It's an exact conversion (1 inch = 2.54 cm exactly), so it's not an approximation — 5 ft 10 in converts to precisely 177.8 cm.
Men's clothing is commonly sized by letter (S/M/L/XL) or by a different numeric scale than women's numeric dress sizes, and the two systems evolved separately, so there isn't a direct one-to-one line-up between them — this tool keeps the two categories separate for that reason.
This tool doesn't offer fit advice since that depends on the specific shoe's cut, but as a general rule of thumb many people size up half a size for wider feet or thicker socks — always check the specific retailer's own size guide when one is available.
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The height, clothing, and shoe sizes you enter are used only to look up the matching row in these tables — nothing is saved or sent to our servers. It's one of Convertly's free, ad-supported reference tools; see the full privacy policy for details.