{
  "id": "meters-to-yards",
  "version": "54dfd59464ea",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Meters to Yards Converter",
  "question": "How do I convert meters to yards?",
  "summary": "Converts meters (m) to yards (yd) and back, with the exact unit definitions.",
  "category": "convert",
  "subcategory": "length",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/convert/meters-to-yards",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/convert/meters-to-yards.md",
  "kind": "formulas",
  "method": "yd = m × 1.09361329834 (the same as m ÷ 0.9144)",
  "assumptions": [
    "1 meter = 1.09361329834 yards, from the exact definitions in NIST SP 811.",
    "Exact on the typed decimals: at most 6 decimal places (6 significant digits below 0.0001), rounded half up; an answer of 1 billion or more shows at most 15 significant digits."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "value": {
        "title": "Meters (m)",
        "description": "The amount in meters to convert.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000000000
      },
      "result": {
        "title": "Yards (yd)",
        "description": "The same amount in yards.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1093613298337.7078
      }
    }
  },
  "solve": {
    "fillAny": 1,
    "variables": [
      "value",
      "result"
    ],
    "inputsOnly": []
  },
  "outputs": {
    "value": {
      "label": "Meters (m)",
      "description": "The amount in meters to convert.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "result": {
      "label": "Yards (yd)",
      "description": "The amount in yards.",
      "format": "number"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "value": 1
    },
    "outputs": {
      "result": 1.0936132983377078
    },
    "text": "1 m = 1.093613 yd."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "value": 1
      },
      "expect": {
        "result": 1.0936132983377078
      },
      "source": "exact unit definitions in NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "value": 100
      },
      "expect": {
        "result": 109.36132983377078
      },
      "source": "exact unit definitions in NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "result": 109.36132983377078
      },
      "expect": {
        "value": 100
      },
      "source": "exact unit definitions in NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "NIST SP 811 (2008), Guide for the Use of the International System of Units, Appendix B.8: Factors for Units Listed Alphabetically (bold factors are exact), retrieved 2026-10-18. https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-appendix-b-conversion-factors/nist-guide-si-appendix-b8"
  ],
  "related": [
    "yards-to-meters",
    "meters-to-feet",
    "feet-to-meters",
    "feet-to-yards",
    "inches-to-meters"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}