Hectare to Acre Calculator

Definition of Hectare and Acre

If you have ever looked at advertisements for plots or lands or diagrams of buildings, you must have noticed that they often mention or talk about the area of the land. Depending on where you are from, the standard unit of area used may also differ. It can be either hectare or acre, or even something else. It is quite an easy task to convert from one unit to another. Here, we would be learning how to convert from hectare to acre. 

An acre is a unit of area used in the US customary systems and is the area of an area with sides of length one chain by one furlong. 

A hectare is a non-SI unit of area that is often used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is the area of a square which has sides of a length of 100 meters. Let us now see how we can convert from hectare to acre while measuring the area. 

How to convert Hectare into Acre

It is a fairly easy process to convert an area in hectares to its equivalent area in acres. The following steps show how you can convert an area in hectares to acres. 

1. Write down the area given in hectares.
2. 1 hectare = 2.47 acres
3. Using this relation, we find the equivalent area in acres.

Let us understand the conversion using an example where we convert 27 hectares to acres. 

As we follow the steps, we write down the given area in hectares. 

So, given area in hectares = 27Ha

Next, we know the relation 1Ha = 2.47 acres

So, using the unitary method, the equivalent area in acres = (27*2.47) acres = 66.69 acres.

Hence, the equivalent area in acres is 66.69 acres.

Hectare to Acre conversion table

Check out this table, where we have noted some of the very commonly used areas of lands and plots, and their equivalent areas in acres.

You can easily understand the concept of converting from area in hectare to its equivalent in acres if you practice more. You can take up any random values of the area in hectares and try converting them to their equivalent value in acres to get a better grasp of the concept. Check out the examples below which show how you can convert areas in hectares to acres.

Solved Examples

Example 1: Convert 2.6 hectares to acres.

Following the steps mentioned above, the area in hectares has to be written first.

Area in hectares = 2.6Ha

Next, we need to follow the relation 1Ha = 2.47 acres to convert the given area to acres. 

We use the unitary method for the conversion,

Hence, the area in acres = 2.6*2.47 acres = 6.422 acres

The equivalent area in acres is 6.422 acres.

Example 2: Convert 42 hectares to acres.

Area in hectares = 42 Ha

We follow the relation 1Ha = 2.47 acres for the conversion 

Hence, the area in acres = 42*2.47 acres = 103.74 acres

The equivalent area in acres is 103.74 acres.

Example 3: Convert 129 hectares to acres.

Area in hectares = 42 Ha

We follow the relation 1Ha = 2.47 acres for the conversion 

Hence, the area in acres = 129*2.47 acres = 318.63 acres

The equivalent area in acres is 318.63 acres.

Example 4: Convert 205 hectares to acres.

Area in hectares = 205 Ha

We follow the relation 1Ha = 2.47 acres for the conversion 

Hence, the area in acres = 205*2.47 acres = 506.35 acres

The equivalent area in acres is 506.35 acres.