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If you’ve ever stared at a form asking for height in feet and inches while you only know your height in centimeters, you’re not alone. “164 cm in feet” is a super common conversion for travel profiles, gym apps, medical intake paperwork, and even job or school forms, especially in the US.
In this guide, we’ll give you the exact conversion for 164 cm in feet (decimal) and 164 cm in feet and inches, plus quick methods to calculate it yourself (with or without a calculator). We’ll also cover rounding rules that help you avoid “invalid entry” errors on official documents and show a handy reference table for nearby heights.
“164 cm in feet” simply means converting a height measured in the metric system (centimeters) into the imperial system (feet, often with inches). Because different countries and industries standardize on different units, you’ll bump into this conversion a lot, especially if you live outside the US but fill out US-based forms.
You’ll typically need 164 cm to feet when:
Knowing which format you’re being asked for matters, because 5.38 ft is not the same thing as 5’38” (we’ll address that mistake later).
If your form or app accepts feet only (decimal feet), this is the fastest version to use.
164 cm ≈ 5.38 ft (rounded to two decimal places).
This is usually accurate enough for general profiles, non-medical apps, and most systems that display height in decimal feet.
Using the exact conversion 1 ft = 30.48 cm:
So, 164 cm = 5.3806 ft (rounded to 4 decimals) or 5.380577 ft (rounded to 6 decimals).
In the US, the most “natural” way to write height is feet and inches, so this is the format you’ll use most often for people-height conversions.
First convert cm to total inches, then split into feet and remaining inches:
So, 164 cm = 5 ft 4.57 in (rounded to 2 decimals on the inches).
If you round 4.57 inches to the nearest whole inch, you get 5 inches.
This is usually OK for:
But for medical contexts or detailed tracking, it’s better to keep more precision.
Half-inch rounding keeps more detail without getting overly technical:
This is a nice middle ground for:
Below are common nearby heights, rounded to the nearest whole inch for readability.
| Height (cm) | Feet & Inches (approx.) | Decimal feet (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| 162 | 5’4″ | 5.31 ft |
| 163 | 5’4″ | 5.35 ft |
| 164 | 5’5″ | 5.38 ft |
| 165 | 5’5″ | 5.41 ft |
| 166 | 5’5″ | 5.45 ft |
Note: exact feet+inch values include fractional inches (like 5’4.57″ for 164 cm). The table rounds to keep it quick.
In everyday terms:
If you don’t want to think about rounding rules or conversion factors, we can use a standardized tool that outputs consistent results instantly.
On FeetToMetersCalculator.com, we can:
This is especially handy when a form’s input format changes (some ask for decimal feet: others ask for feet and inches).
FeetToMetersCalculator.com uses internationally recognized conversion constants (like 2.54 cm per inch and 30.48 cm per foot) and presents results in the formats people actually need for real-world paperwork.
Just as important: it helps us avoid the classic formatting mistakes, like confusing decimal feet with feet-and-inches, by showing the output clearly.
Here are the numbers most people need:
If we’re filling out multiple profiles or tracking stats over time, it’s smart to save the format we use most (decimal feet vs feet+inches). And when travel or international forms ask for metric again, we can flip the direction and convert feet to meters just as easily using FeetToMetersCalculator.com.
164 cm in feet is approximately 5.38 ft when rounded to two decimals. Using the exact conversion (1 ft = 30.48 cm), 164 ÷ 30.48 = 5.380577… ft, so you may also see it written as 5.3806 ft for a more precise decimal.
164 cm in feet and inches equals 5 ft 4.57 in (rounded to two decimals on the inches). The steps are: 164 ÷ 2.54 = 64.5669 inches total, then 60 inches = 5 ft, leaving 4.5669 inches (≈ 4.57 in).
It’s close, but not exactly. 164 cm converts to about 5 ft 4.57 in, which rounds to 5’5″ only when you round to the nearest whole inch. For casual profiles that don’t allow decimals, 5’5″ is usually fine, but it’s less precise.
Match the input format. If the form wants decimal feet, enter 5.38 ft (or 5.4 ft if only one decimal is allowed). If it wants feet + inches, enter 5 ft and 5 in (whole inches) or 5 ft and 4.5 in (half-inch fields) for 164 cm in feet.
5.38 ft is decimal feet, not feet-and-inches. If you wrote 5’38”, that would mean 5 feet plus 38 inches—an invalid human-height format because 38 inches equals 3 ft 2 in. For 164 cm in feet and inches, the correct form is about 5’4.57″.
Use 30 cm ≈ 1 foot as a fast shortcut: 164 ÷ 30 ≈ 5.47 ft, then correct slightly because a foot is actually 30.48 cm (so the shortcut runs high). After a small adjustment, you land near 5.38 ft, which matches 164 cm in feet closely.