Convert Palm to metres
Western Europe · Historical Length · historical · ancient
Historically reconstructed The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative.
1 Palm = 0.075 metres
metres = Palm × 0.075
Convert any amount
Palm to metres table
| Palm | metres |
|---|---|
| 0.25 Palm | 0.01875 metres |
| 0.5 Palm | 0.0375 metres |
| 1 Palm | 0.075 metres |
| 2 Palm | 0.15 metres |
| 3 Palm | 0.225 metres |
| 4 Palm | 0.3 metres |
| 5 Palm | 0.375 metres |
| 10 Palm | 0.75 metres |
| 20 Palm | 1.5 metres |
| 25 Palm | 1.875 metres |
| 50 Palm | 3.75 metres |
| 100 Palm | 7.5 metres |
About the Palm
Width of 4 fingers. 4 Palms = 1 Foot.
- Symbol
- palm
- Value in SI
- 1 Palm = 0.075 metre
- Typical use
- general
- Source
- UnitConvertLab measurement atlas
Every atlas conversion routes through the SI metre. See our methodology and data provenance pages for how these values are sourced and verified.
Related units and variant risk
Other historical length units in the Western Europe family, least settled first. If your figure came from a land record, invoice or historical document rather than a calculator, check these before assuming a single standard.
- Ell to metresHistorically reconstructed · 0.5–1.4 m
- League to metresHistorically reconstructed
- Rod/Perch/Pole to metresHistorically reconstructed
- Span to metresHistorically reconstructed
- Digit (Finger-width) to metresHistorically reconstructed
- Stadion (Greek) to metresHistorically reconstructed
- Link (Gunter) to metresConventional value
- Chain (Gunter) to metresConventional value
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Frequently asked
How many metres are in a Palm?
1 Palm = 0.075 metres. Multiply the number of Palm by 0.075 to get metres.
What is Palm used for?
Width of 4 fingers. 4 Palms = 1 Foot. It is classified as historical and dates from the ancient period.
Is the Palm value exact?
Yes for practical purposes. UnitConvertLab converts every atlas unit through the SI metre, so the arithmetic itself introduces no rounding beyond the digits shown.
How reliable is this Palm conversion?
Historically reconstructed — The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative. Source: UnitConvertLab measurement atlas.
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UnitConvertLab. (2026). Convert Palm to metres. UnitConvertLab. Retrieved from https://unitconvertlab.com/regional/palm-to-meter
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