5 ft 8 in in Centimeters (5′ 8″)
5 feet 8 inches (5′ 8″) is 172.72 cm.
- Centimeters
- 172.72 cm
- Rounded
- 173 cm
- Meters
- 1.727 m
- Total inches
- 68 in
- Decimal feet
- 5.667 ft
How it's calculated
- 5 ft × 12 + 8 in = 68 inches
- 68 in × 2.54 = 172.72 cm
For reference, this is about 2 cm shorter than the average US adult man (≈175 cm) and about 11 cm taller than the average US adult woman (≈162 cm). Averages are rounded, from CDC body-measurement surveys.