Acres to Hectares Converter
Use this converter to easily convert between Acres and Hectares (ac to ha).
- How many Acres in a Hectare?
- Difference between Acres and Hectares
- How to convert Acres to Hectares
- Acres to Hectares conversion table
How many Acres in a Hectare?
There are approximately 2.471 acres in a hectare, since an acre is defined as 4,046.8564224 m2 according to the International yard and pound agreement of 1959 while the hectare is exactly 10,000 m2 based on the International System of Units (SI). Both units are used for land area measurements. The symbol for Acre is "ac" and the symbol for Hectare is "ha".
Difference between Acres and Hectares
Both units used to measure land area thus, both are units of area. The Acre is a part of the Imperial system of units, while the Hectare is a non-SI unit accepted for use as part of the metric system of units.
Historically, the hectare was defined based on the "are", with one are equaling 100 square meters and a hect-are (hence the symbol ha) being 100 ares (10,000 m2). However, the are was dropped from the SI units system in 1959. The definition of the Hectare is now fixed to that of the meter.
The acre is an old unit which in the Middle Ages, by some accounts, amounted to the area of land that could be ploughed in a day by a yoke of oxen. Relative to other traditional measures, the acre was defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 ft by 660 ft), which equals 10 square chains or 1⁄640 of a square mile. In 1959 it was defined to be exactly 4,046.8564224 square meters. The acre saw wide use in the United Kingdom and almost all countries of the former British Empire but is now only informally used in some of those countries. The acre is currently a statute measure for tracts of land only in the United States.
How to convert Acres to Hectares
To convert ac to he, divide the measurement in acres by 2.471 to get the area in hectares. Using a calculator is usually helpful when accuracy is desired, and our free online acres to hectares converter is of great help.
Acres to Hectares conversion example
Sample task: convert 60 ac to ha. Solution:
Formula:
ac / 2.4710538149159 = ha
Calculation:
60 ac / 2.4711 = 24.281139 ha
End result:
60 ac is equal to 24.281139 ha
Acres to Hectares conversion table
| ac | ha |
|---|---|
| 1 ac | 0.404686 ha |
| 2 ac | 0.809371 ha |
| 3 ac | 1.214057 ha |
| 4 ac | 1.618743 ha |
| 5 ac | 2.023428 ha |
| 6 ac | 2.428114 ha |
| 7 ac | 2.832799 ha |
| 8 ac | 3.237485 ha |
| 9 ac | 3.642171 ha |
| 10 ac | 4.046856 ha |
| 20 ac | 8.093713 ha |
| 30 ac | 12.140569 ha |
| 40 ac | 16.187426 ha |
| 50 ac | 20.234282 ha |
| 60 ac | 24.281139 ha |
| 70 ac | 28.327995 ha |
| 80 ac | 32.374851 ha |
| 90 ac | 36.421708 ha |
| 100 ac | 40.468564 ha |
| 200 ac | 80.937128 ha |
| 300 ac | 121.405693 ha |
| 400 ac | 161.874257 ha |
| 500 ac | 202.342821 ha |
| 600 ac | 242.811385 ha |
| 700 ac | 283.279950 ha |
| 800 ac | 323.748514 ha |
| 900 ac | 364.217078 ha |
| 1,000 ac | 404.685642 ha |
References
1 NIST Special Publication 330 (2008) - "The International System of Units (SI)", edited by Barry N.Taylor and Ambler Thompson
2 International Organization for Standardization (1993). ISO Standards Handbook: Quantities and units (3rd edition). Geneva: ISO. ISBN 92-67-10185-4.
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