5'10" in cm: 177.8 cm — how tall is 5 foot 10?

5'10" = 177.8 cm · 70 inches · 1.78 m

A 5'10" man is taller than about 83% of men worldwide (tall); a 5'10" woman is taller than about 99+% of women (very tall). The board above shows 5'10" next to the average man and woman.

5'10" compared with national averages

CountryTaller than menTaller than women
World average83%99+%
United States54%99%
United Kingdom49%98%
Canada49%98%
Australia43%97%

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How to convert 5'10" to cm

One foot is 30.48 cm and one inch is 2.54 cm. 5 feet is 152.4 cm and 10 inches is 25.4 cm, so 5'10" comes to 177.80 cm, or 1.78 m. On a form that asks for centimetres you would write 178 cm.

Healthy weight for 5'10"

With the WHO healthy BMI range (18.5 to 24.9), a healthy weight for an adult who is 5'10" is about 58 to 79 kg (129 to 174 lb). BMI cannot tell muscle from fat, so athletes often weigh more and are still healthy.

What 5'10" looks like in real life

Someone who is 5'10" is 6.8 cm (2.7 in) taller than the average man worldwide (171 cm) and 15.8 cm (6.2 in) taller than the average woman (162 cm on the board). Their eye level is at about 166.4 cm, and a standard door (203 cm) leaves 25.4 cm of space above their head. Arm span is usually within a few centimetres of height, so it is close to 177.8 cm as well.

Heights close to 5'10"

HeightIn cmTaller than menTaller than women
5'8"172.7 cm60%98%
5'9"175.3 cm73%99%
5'10"177.8 cm83%99+%
5'11"180.3 cm91%99+%
6'0"182.9 cm95%99+%

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