Hand Conversions
The hand is exactly 4 inches (10.16 cm). It's used to measure the height of horses at the withers.
1 h = 0.1016 m
Convert hands to other units
Each line shows how much 1 hand (h) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.
Metric (SI)
- Hand to Meter0.1016 m
- Hand to Kilometer0.0001016 km
- Hand to Hectometer0.001016 hm
- Hand to Dekameter0.01016 dam
- Hand to Decimeter1.016 dm
- Hand to Centimeter10.16 cm
- Hand to Millimeter101.6 mm
- Hand to Micrometer101,600 µm
- Hand to Micron101,600 µ
- Hand to Nanometer101,600,000 nm
- Hand to Angstrom1,016,000,000 Å
- Hand to Picometer101,600,000,000 pm
- Hand to Femtometer101,600,000,000,000 fm
- Hand to Fermi101,600,000,000,000 fm
- Hand to Attometer1.016 × 10¹⁷ am
- Hand to Megameter1.016 × 10⁻⁷ Mm
- Hand to Gigameter1.016 × 10⁻¹⁰ Gm
- Hand to Terameter1.016 × 10⁻¹³ Tm
- Hand to Petameter1.016 × 10⁻¹⁶ Pm
- Hand to Exameter1.016 × 10⁻¹⁹ Em
Imperial & US customary
- Hand to Inch4 in
- Hand to Foot0.333333 ft
- Hand to Yard0.111111 yd
- Hand to Mile0.0000631313 mi
- Hand to Kiloyard0.000111111 kyd
- Hand to Furlong0.000505051 fur
- Hand to Chain0.00505051 ch
- Hand to Rope0.0166667 rope
- Hand to Rod0.020202 rd
- Hand to Perch0.020202 perch
- Hand to Pole0.020202 pole
- Hand to Fathom0.0555556 ftm
- Hand to Link0.505051 li
- Hand to Mil4,000 mil
- Hand to Microinch4,000,000 µin
US survey units
- Hand to Foot (US Survey)0.333333 ft (US)
- Hand to Inch (US Survey)3.99999 in (US)
- Hand to Mile (US Survey)0.0000631312 mi (US)
- Hand to Mile (Statute)0.0000631312 mi
- Hand to League (Statute)0.0000210437 lea
- Hand to Furlong (US Survey)0.000505049 fur (US)
- Hand to Chain (US Survey)0.00505049 ch (US)
- Hand to Rod (US Survey)0.020202 rd (US)
- Hand to Link (US Survey)0.505049 li (US)
- Hand to Fathom (US Survey)0.0555554 ftm (US)
Nautical
- Hand to Nautical Mile (international)0.0000548596 NM
- Hand to Nautical Mile (UK)0.0000548246 NM (UK)
- Hand to Nautical League (int.)0.0000182865 NL
- Hand to Nautical League (UK)0.0000182749 NL (UK)
Astronomical
- Hand to Astronomical Unit6.79154 × 10⁻¹³ au
- Hand to Light Year1.07391 × 10⁻¹⁷ ly
- Hand to Parsec3.29263 × 10⁻¹⁸ pc
- Hand to Kiloparsec3.29263 × 10⁻²¹ kpc
- Hand to Megaparsec3.29263 × 10⁻²⁴ Mpc
Atomic & physics
- Hand to A.u. of Length1,919,960,000 a₀
- Hand to X-unit1,013,890,000,000 xu
Historical & cloth
- Hand to Ell0.0888889 ell
- Hand to Cubit (UK)0.222222 cubit
- Hand to Span (cloth)0.444444 span
- Hand to Finger (cloth)0.888889 finger
- Hand to Nail (cloth)1.77778 nail
- Hand to Barleycorn12 barleycorn
- Hand to League0.0000210438 lea
- Hand to Arpent0.00173611 arpent
- Hand to Mile (Roman)0.0000686577 m.p.
Typography
- Hand to Pica24 pc
- Hand to Point288 pt
- Hand to Twip5,760 twip
Convert other units to hands
- Meter to Hand
- Kilometer to Hand
- Hectometer to Hand
- Dekameter to Hand
- Decimeter to Hand
- Centimeter to Hand
- Millimeter to Hand
- Micrometer to Hand
- Micron to Hand
- Nanometer to Hand
- Angstrom to Hand
- Picometer to Hand
- Femtometer to Hand
- Fermi to Hand
- Attometer to Hand
- Megameter to Hand
- Gigameter to Hand
- Terameter to Hand
- Petameter to Hand
- Exameter to Hand
- Inch to Hand
- Foot to Hand
- Yard to Hand
- Mile to Hand
- Kiloyard to Hand
- Furlong to Hand
- Chain to Hand
- Rope to Hand
- Rod to Hand
- Perch to Hand
- Pole to Hand
- Fathom to Hand
- Ell to Hand
- Link to Hand
- Cubit (UK) to Hand
- Span (cloth) to Hand
- Finger (cloth) to Hand
- Nail (cloth) to Hand
- Barleycorn to Hand
- Mil to Hand
- Microinch to Hand
- League to Hand
- Arpent to Hand
- Foot (US Survey) to Hand
- Inch (US Survey) to Hand
- Mile (US Survey) to Hand
- Mile (Statute) to Hand
- League (Statute) to Hand
- Furlong (US Survey) to Hand
- Chain (US Survey) to Hand
- Rod (US Survey) to Hand
- Link (US Survey) to Hand
- Fathom (US Survey) to Hand
- Nautical Mile (international) to Hand
- Nautical Mile (UK) to Hand
- Nautical League (int.) to Hand
- Nautical League (UK) to Hand
- Mile (Roman) to Hand
- Astronomical Unit to Hand
- Light Year to Hand
- Parsec to Hand
- Kiloparsec to Hand
- Megaparsec to Hand
- A.u. of Length to Hand
- X-unit to Hand
- Pica to Hand
- Point to Hand
- Twip to Hand