Facts · 5 min read

Shoe size
by height

Taller people have longer feet, but only on average. Here’s the typical size for your height, measured on thousands of people, and how much it varies.

The short answer

Height gives a typical size, not yours: among men 175–177.5 cm tall, the middle foot is 27.3 cm (US men’s 10.5), and half of them are US 10–11; among women 162.5–165 cm, 24.7 cm (US women’s 9), half US 8.5–9.5. Height accounts for about half the variation in foot length between people.

of the variation in men’s foot length that height accounts for
%
typical spread at one height: about two half sizes
mm
people measured (US Army, 2010–2012)
6,068

Estimate your size

Pick men’s or women’s sizes and type your height. You get the size of the middle foot of people your height in the survey, and the range half of them and nine in ten of them wear.

Sizes for
Height in

Standing, without shoes.

For your own size, measure your foot: with a photo or with a ruler.

Men’s shoe size by height

Men: the US men’s size of the middle foot at each height, the sizes the middle half wear, and how many people the survey measured
Height (cm)US sizeHalf of themMiddle footPeople
147.5–1604′11″–5′2″7UK 6 · EU 396.5–824.4 cm37
160–162.55′3″8UK 7 · EU 407.5–8.525.2 cm63
162.5–1655′4″8UK 7 · EU 40.57.5–925.4 cm119
165–167.55′5″8.5UK 7.5 · EU 418–9.525.7 cm263
167.5–1705′6″9UK 8 · EU 41.58.5–1026.2 cm340
170–172.55′7″9.5UK 8.5 · EU 429–10.526.4 cm508
172.5–1755′8″10UK 9 · EU 42.59.5–10.526.9 cm596
175–177.55′9″10.5UK 9.5 · EU 4310–1127.3 cm565
177.5–1805′10″11UK 10 · EU 43.510–11.527.6 cm525
180–182.55′11″11UK 10 · EU 4410.5–1227.7 cm424
182.5–1856′11.5UK 10.5 · EU 44.511–12.528.2 cm283
185–187.56′1″12UK 11 · EU 4511–12.528.4 cm183
187.5–1906′2″12.5UK 11.5 · EU 45.511.5–1328.8 cm83
190–192.56′3″13UK 12 · EU 4612–13.529.3 cm47
192.5–2006′4″–6′6″13.5UK 12.5 · EU 4712.5–14.529.7 cm46

Women’s shoe size by height

Women: the US women’s size of the middle foot at each height, the sizes the middle half wear, and how many people the survey measured
Height (cm)US sizeHalf of themMiddle footPeople
140–1504′8″–4′11″6.5UK 4 · EU 365.5–722.5 cm41
150–152.55′7UK 4.5 · EU 36.56.5–7.523.0 cm55
152.5–1555′1″7.5UK 5 · EU 37.56.5–823.4 cm117
155–157.55′2″8UK 5.5 · EU 387–8.523.8 cm181
157.5–160about 5′3″8UK 5.5 · EU 387.5–924.0 cm263
160–162.55′3″8.5UK 6 · EU 398–9.524.4 cm313
162.5–1655′4″9UK 6.5 · EU 39.58.5–9.524.7 cm297
165–167.55′5″9.5UK 7 · EU 409–1025.2 cm260
167.5–1705′6″9.5UK 7 · EU 40.59–10.525.4 cm183
170–172.55′7″10.5UK 8 · EU 419.5–1125.9 cm130
172.5–1755′8″10.5UK 8 · EU 41.510–1126.1 cm79
175–1855′9″–6′11.5UK 9 · EU 42.510.5–1226.7 cm67

Heights run from the bottom of each band up to (not including) the top. Where fewer than 30 people fell in a 2.5 cm band, it is merged with its neighbour. Sizes are the standard sizes for each foot, rounded up.

How much height tells you

In the survey, feet get longer with height: about 3.4 mm of foot for every 2.5 cm of height, for men. But at any one height, feet still vary: the typical spread (standard deviation) within one height band is 9 mm for men and 9 mm for women, so about two in three people of one height are within 2 US half sizes of the middle, and the rest further. Height accounts for about 51% of the variation in foot length between men, and 51% between women; the rest is just how feet are.

The data

ANSUR II, the US Army’s anthropometric survey, measured 4,082 men and 1,986 women aged 17 to 58 between October 2010 and April 2012. Foot length was measured on the right foot, standing with the weight on both feet, with a Brannock device read at the longest toe: the same measurement this site’s sizes use. The sample is soldiers aged 17 to 58, not the whole population, so a country’s figures may differ; the heights here stop where the survey had too few people to say.

Questions

What shoe size is a 6 foot man?

Typically a US men’s 11.5: men 182.5–185 cm tall (6 ft is 182.9 cm) have a middle foot of 28.2 cm. Half of them wear US 11–12.5, and nine in ten US 9.5–13.

What shoe size is a 5′4″ woman?

Typically a US women’s 9: women 162.5–165 cm tall (5 ft 4 in is 162.6 cm) have a middle foot of 24.7 cm. Half of them wear US 8.5–9.5.

Does height determine shoe size?

Partly. Taller people have longer feet on average, but height accounts for only about half the variation between people: at one height, one person in three is more than 2 half sizes from the middle.

Can I tell my shoe size from my height?

Only roughly. Measure your foot instead: it takes two minutes with a sheet of paper and a wall.

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