5ft 7 in cm: Exact Conversion to 170.18 cm + Height Guide

5 feet 7 inches equals 170.18 centimeters — a height that places US women above the 85th percentile and matches the national average for Dutch women, the tallest population on record.

5’7″ in cm: 170.18 · 5’7″ in meters: 1.70 · Equivalent in inches: 67 · 1 foot in cm: 30.48 · 1 inch in cm: 2.54

The following table shows key conversions and their precise values.

What height is 5 ft 7 in cm?

The formula behind the conversion is straightforward arithmetic: 5 feet 7 inches equals 170.18 centimeters. Here’s how that breaks down.

Conversion formula

The imperial system defines one foot as exactly 30.48 centimeters and one inch as 2.54 centimeters (RapidTables unit definitions). To convert any height in feet and inches to centimeters:

• Multiply the feet value by 30.48
• Multiply the inches value by 2.54
• Add the two results together

Step-by-step calculation

For 5 feet 7 inches:

• 5 × 30.48 = 152.40 cm
• 7 × 2.54 = 17.78 cm
• 152.40 + 17.78 = 170.18 cm

The same result appears whether you work through the math yourself or plug the numbers into a conversion tool (Inch Calculator converter, The Calculator Site table). Multiple conversion tools confirm the figure of 170.18 cm.

Is 170 cm 5’7″ or 5’6″?

This is where things get confusing for many people. 170 cm falls between 5’6″ and 5’7″, but it’s not exactly either one.

Exact equivalents

Working backwards: 170 cm converts to 66.93 inches, which equals 5 feet 6.93 inches (Inch Calculator precise conversion). Since no one describes themselves as “five foot six and fifteen-sixteenths,” this height gets rounded to the nearest whole inch — 5’7″.

Common rounding

In everyday conversation and on most ID documents, 170 cm is treated as equivalent to 5’7″. However, if precision matters — say, for medical records or tailoring — the exact figure is closer to 5’6.93″. The pattern: metric heights get rounded up to the nearest whole foot-inch combination, which is why “170 cm” and “5’7″” are used interchangeably even though mathematically they’re not identical.

Is 175 cm 5’7″ or 5’8″?

For context, here’s how the neighboring metric height stacks up against our 5’7″ benchmark.

Precise breakdown

175 cm equals 68.90 inches, which breaks down to 5 feet 8.90 inches. That’s notably closer to 5’9″ than to 5’7″ (The Calculator Site height chart). The difference between 5’7″ and 5’8″ is 2.54 cm — about one inch.

Height chart

The progression shows how each inch translates across the metric system.

The catch: when shopping for clothes or comparing heights, a 175 cm person reads as nearly 5’9″ — a full inch taller than someone at 5’7″.

Is 5’7″ tall for a girl?

Height perception depends heavily on context — what counts as “tall” in one country or era can be average in another.

US average heights

According to data from the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2015–2018), the average US woman stands at 63.5 inches, or 5 feet 3.5 inches (CDC FastStats body measurements). At 67 inches, a woman who is 5’7″ towers nearly 4 inches above that average.

Researcher James L. Nuzzo’s analysis of NCHS data shows that 66.3 inches marks the 85th percentile for US women — meaning 85% of women are shorter (James L Nuzzo research analysis). A 5’7″ woman sits at or above that threshold.

Global context

The global picture is more varied. According to 2020 data from the NCD-RisC (Non-Communicable Diseases Risk Factor Collaboration), women in the Netherlands average 170.4 cm — essentially the same as 5’7″ (Cleveland Clinic global health data). At the other end, women in Guatemala average just 150.9 cm (4’11”). That’s a 19.5 cm gap between the tallest and shortest national averages. In the Netherlands, 5’7″ would be unremarkable. In Guatemala, it would stand out dramatically.

Is 5’7″ tall for a woman?

Looking specifically at the US context, 5’7″ clearly qualifies as tall — but how tall depends on which benchmarks you use.

What Height Is Considered Tall?

US Non-Hispanic Black women average around 5’4″, while Non-Hispanic Asian and Mexican-American women average 5’1.5″ (Cleveland Clinic demographic data). Against any of these benchmarks, 5’7″ is notably above average. Even compared to the overall US average of 5’3.5″, a 5’7″ woman is in the top 15% nationally.

International comparisons show similar gaps: Australia, Canada, and Jamaica women average 5’5″; the UK averages 5’4.5″; China and Fiji average 5’4″; India averages 5’1″; Cambodia, Indonesia, and Peru average 5’0″ (Cleveland Clinic international comparison).

Modeling standards

The fashion and commercial modeling industry typically requires a minimum height of 5’8″ to 5’9″ (Cleveland Clinic modeling requirements). At 5’7″, a woman sits just below the typical runway modeling threshold — but well within range for commercial print and catalog work, where many campaigns actively seek variety in heights.

The trade-off: 5’7″ is tall enough to stand out in most settings but falls slightly short of the runway standard. For commercial modeling, editorial campaigns, or any context where “tall but approachable” is the goal, this height hits a sweet spot.

Women in the Netherlands have the tallest average height at 170.4 centimeters (67 inches or 5 feet 7 inches).

In the U.S., the average height for women is 5 feet 3.5 inches.

Related reading: 1.91 m to feet conversion

At 170.18 cm, 5ft 7in falls just below the 5 foot 9 in cm that measures 175.26 cm and matches US male averages.

Frequently asked questions

Bottom line

5 feet 7 inches converts to exactly 170.18 centimeters — a figure confirmed by multiple independent calculators and rooted in the standard conversion factors of 30.48 cm per foot and 2.54 cm per inch. For US women, this height sits around the 85th percentile, making it objectively tall by domestic benchmarks. Globally, it matches the national average for Dutch women, the tallest population recorded in international health surveys.

For anyone comparing heights across metric and imperial systems, the key distinction is this: 170 cm gets rounded up and treated as 5’7″, even though the mathematically precise equivalent is closer to 5’6.93″. In everyday use — clothing labels, height charts, casual conversation — the two are treated as equivalent, but for medical or technical contexts, the distinction is worth noting.