Metre (m) to Yard (yd)
One metre equals 1.0936 yards. While the yard has largely fallen out of everyday use in the UK, it still appears in sporting contexts — particularly golf, where distances are commonly given in yards, and cricket, where the pitch is 22 yards (one chain) long. American media and sports also use yards extensively, so knowing the conversion is useful when following NFL coverage or US athletics events.
Frequently asked questions
1 metre equals 1.0936 yards. A metre is slightly longer than a yard — to convert metres to yards, multiply by 1.0936. To go the other way, multiply yards by 0.9144 to get metres.
100 metres × 1.0936 = 109.36 yards. The 100-metre sprint is therefore slightly longer than 100 yards. The 100-yard dash was a common athletics event in the US before the sport switched to metric distances.
Yards still appear on UK road signs for short distances — notably "Road narrows" warnings and countdown markers before junctions on motorways. Golf courses quote hole distances in yards, and cricket pitches are measured in yards (22 yards = 1 chain). Fabric in older patterns may also be listed in yards.
1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches. Going up the scale, 1760 yards make 1 mile. The yard was historically defined as the distance from the tip of King Henry I's nose to the end of his outstretched thumb — it is now defined exactly as 0.9144 metres.