162 cm in feet

How to convert 162 cm to feet and inches

Divide by 2.54 to get inches, then divide by 12: the whole number is feet and the remainder is inches.

162 ÷ 2.54 = 63.78 in
63.78 ÷ 12 = 5 ft 3.78 in ≈ 5'4"

162 cm does not land on a whole inch: it works out to 5' 3.8". That is why it is usually written as 5'4", which is 0.6 cm more than the original — close enough for everyday use, while the chart keeps the exact 162 cm.

162 cm in other units

162 cm in everyday terms

• 162 cm is 70.6 cm taller than a standard kitchen counter (91.4 cm).
• 162 cm is 41.2 cm shorter than a standard interior door (203.2 cm).
• 162 cm is 81.8 cm shorter than a standard 8-foot ceiling (243.8 cm).
• 162 cm is 142.8 cm shorter than a basketball rim (304.8 cm).

These reference heights are typical values for buildings and fittings in the US; the chart above draws 162 cm on the same scale as any of them if you add them from the Objects tab.

How 162 cm ranks among adults

162 cm is taller than about 4% of adult men and 54% of adult women in the US.

Percentiles are estimated from the CDC averages, assuming heights follow a normal distribution with a standard deviation of about 7.6 cm for men and 7.1 cm for women. Real distributions differ slightly at the extremes.

Heights near 162 cm

Every centimeter is about 0.39 inches, so 161 cm is 5' 3.4" and 163 cm is 5' 4.2".

• 157 cm5'2"
• 158 cm5'2"
• 159 cm5'3"
• 160 cm5'3"
• 161 cm5'3"
• 163 cm5'4"
• 164 cm5'5"
• 165 cm5'5"
• 166 cm5'5"
• 167 cm5'6"

Compared with average heights

• 162 cm is 13.3 cm shorter than the average US man (175.3 cm).
• 162 cm is 0.7 cm taller than the average US woman (161.3 cm).

Averages: CDC anthropometric reference data for US adults, 2015–2018.

How to measure 162 cm accurately at home

If you want to check whether you really are 162 cm, a careful home measurement is accurate to within about half a centimeter:

1. Measure in the morning, barefoot, standing on a hard floor rather than carpet.
2. Stand with your heels, buttocks, shoulders and the back of your head touching a wall, and look straight ahead.
3. Have someone rest a hardcover book or a set square flat on your head, square against the wall, and mark the wall underneath it.
4. Measure from the floor to the mark with a metal tape, and repeat two or three times; use the average.

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