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How tall is 6'2? 6 foot 2 in cm and what it really looks like

Height5 min read · Updated 4 October 2026

6'2" is 188 cm (187.96 cm exactly), or 1.88 m and 74 inches. It is a height most people call tall: a 6 foot 2 man stands about 17 cm (almost 7 inches) above the average man worldwide.

How to convert 6'2 to cm

One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm. So 6 feet = 182.88 cm, plus 2 inches = 5.08 cm, which gives 187.96 cm. Most people round it to 188 cm. On a passport or medical form you would write 188 cm or 1.88 m.

Is 6'2 tall?

Yes, almost everywhere. A 6'2" man is taller than about 99% of men worldwide. In taller countries the gap is smaller: he is taller than about 94% of men in the United States, 92% in the United Kingdom and Canada, and 90% in Australia. Even in the Netherlands, where the average man is about 184 cm, 6'2" is still above average.

For a woman, 6'2" is extremely rare: taller than more than 99% of women in every country.

Famous people who are about 6'2

Notice that 6'2" is short for an NBA player, where the average is around 6'6", but tall for a footballer.

6'2 next to other heights

Next to someone 5'10", a 6'2" person is 4 inches (10 cm) taller, a difference you notice straight away. Next to 5'4" the gap is 10 inches (25 cm), about a full head.

See 6'2 to scale next to the average man and woman →

Sources

• NCD-RisC — worldwide adult height data
• CDC — body measurements of US adults