Random Height Generator: Centimeters Plus Feet and Inches: how it works
This random height generator draws one height for a character sheet and writes it in centimeters and in feet and inches. It opens on a wide adult range, 140 to 200 cm, which is 4 ft 7 in to 6 ft 7 in. Narrow it to a range measured in the United States, or jump to small folk or giants.
Give me a random height for a character
Press New height and read it both ways: 173 cm (5 ft 8 in), with the exact inches on the line below. It stops every hero coming out six feet tall. The height randomizer opens on Adults, 140 to 200 cm, our own wide range. Shortest and Tallest trim it: 170 cm and up with Up to 190 cm leaves 21 heights.
Where the two measured ranges come from
US women and US men use the CDC's anthropometric reference data for the United States, August 2021 to August 2023, which measured adults aged 20 and over with a wall-mounted stadiometer. Five percent of women stood under 149.6 cm and five percent over 172.5 cm. For men the marks are 162.2 and 187.2 cm. Each range is rounded inward to whole centimeters, and the figures describe the United States only.
Tips
An inch is exactly 2.54 cm, so 182 cm is 71.65 inches. That rounds to 72, which the page writes as 6 ft 0 in, never 5 ft 12 in.
The two invented ranges are for fantasy peoples: small folk from 60 to 130 cm and giants from 220 to 400 cm in steps of 5, up to 13 ft 1 in.
Tap 5 for a party of five. No height comes back until you press Start over, so the five always differ.
Questions and answers
Are the results spread like real heights?
No. Every height in the range you chose has the same chance, so the ends come up as often as the middle. Measured heights bunch toward the middle, so a cast drawn here is more spread out than a real crowd. Feet and inches are a little uneven too: the 61 centimeter values from 140 to 200 make only 25 readings.
Does it draw a weight as well?
No. It draws height only, and no page on this site pairs a height with a weight. For a weight alone, set the random number generator to 45 to 140 for kilograms or 99 to 309 for pounds, our own range.
Why is there no range for children?
A child's height depends so much on exact age that one range would mislead. The measured ranges cover adults aged 20 and over, and the small folk range is for fantasy peoples, not for children.
Random Numbers in a Set FormatRandom numbers in a set format: a percent, a fraction, a byte in binary, a label code, a port number or exactly seven digits.
60 cm (2 ft 0 in)23.62 inches, rounded to 24. In meters: 0.60 m.
61 cm (2 ft 0 in)24.02 inches, rounded to 24. In meters: 0.61 m.
62 cm (2 ft 0 in)24.41 inches, rounded to 24. In meters: 0.62 m.
63 cm (2 ft 1 in)24.80 inches, rounded to 25. In meters: 0.63 m.
64 cm (2 ft 1 in)25.20 inches, rounded to 25. In meters: 0.64 m.
65 cm (2 ft 2 in)25.59 inches, rounded to 26. In meters: 0.65 m.
66 cm (2 ft 2 in)25.98 inches, rounded to 26. In meters: 0.66 m.
67 cm (2 ft 2 in)26.38 inches, rounded to 26. In meters: 0.67 m.
68 cm (2 ft 3 in)26.77 inches, rounded to 27. In meters: 0.68 m.
69 cm (2 ft 3 in)27.17 inches, rounded to 27. In meters: 0.69 m.
70 cm (2 ft 4 in)27.56 inches, rounded to 28. In meters: 0.70 m.
71 cm (2 ft 4 in)27.95 inches, rounded to 28. In meters: 0.71 m.
72 cm (2 ft 4 in)28.35 inches, rounded to 28. In meters: 0.72 m.
73 cm (2 ft 5 in)28.74 inches, rounded to 29. In meters: 0.73 m.
74 cm (2 ft 5 in)29.13 inches, rounded to 29. In meters: 0.74 m.
75 cm (2 ft 6 in)29.53 inches, rounded to 30. In meters: 0.75 m.
76 cm (2 ft 6 in)29.92 inches, rounded to 30. In meters: 0.76 m.
77 cm (2 ft 6 in)30.31 inches, rounded to 30. In meters: 0.77 m.
78 cm (2 ft 7 in)30.71 inches, rounded to 31. In meters: 0.78 m.
79 cm (2 ft 7 in)31.10 inches, rounded to 31. In meters: 0.79 m.
80 cm (2 ft 7 in)31.50 inches, rounded to 31. In meters: 0.80 m.
81 cm (2 ft 8 in)31.89 inches, rounded to 32. In meters: 0.81 m.
82 cm (2 ft 8 in)32.28 inches, rounded to 32. In meters: 0.82 m.
83 cm (2 ft 9 in)32.68 inches, rounded to 33. In meters: 0.83 m.
84 cm (2 ft 9 in)33.07 inches, rounded to 33. In meters: 0.84 m.
85 cm (2 ft 9 in)33.46 inches, rounded to 33. In meters: 0.85 m.
86 cm (2 ft 10 in)33.86 inches, rounded to 34. In meters: 0.86 m.
87 cm (2 ft 10 in)34.25 inches, rounded to 34. In meters: 0.87 m.
88 cm (2 ft 11 in)34.65 inches, rounded to 35. In meters: 0.88 m.
89 cm (2 ft 11 in)35.04 inches, rounded to 35. In meters: 0.89 m.
90 cm (2 ft 11 in)35.43 inches, rounded to 35. In meters: 0.90 m.
91 cm (3 ft 0 in)35.83 inches, rounded to 36. In meters: 0.91 m.
92 cm (3 ft 0 in)36.22 inches, rounded to 36. In meters: 0.92 m.
93 cm (3 ft 1 in)36.61 inches, rounded to 37. In meters: 0.93 m.
94 cm (3 ft 1 in)37.01 inches, rounded to 37. In meters: 0.94 m.
95 cm (3 ft 1 in)37.40 inches, rounded to 37. In meters: 0.95 m.
96 cm (3 ft 2 in)37.80 inches, rounded to 38. In meters: 0.96 m.
97 cm (3 ft 2 in)38.19 inches, rounded to 38. In meters: 0.97 m.
98 cm (3 ft 3 in)38.58 inches, rounded to 39. In meters: 0.98 m.
99 cm (3 ft 3 in)38.98 inches, rounded to 39. In meters: 0.99 m.
Small folk, 100 to 130 cm 31
100 cm (3 ft 3 in)39.37 inches, rounded to 39. In meters: 1.00 m.
101 cm (3 ft 4 in)39.76 inches, rounded to 40. In meters: 1.01 m.
102 cm (3 ft 4 in)40.16 inches, rounded to 40. In meters: 1.02 m.
103 cm (3 ft 5 in)40.55 inches, rounded to 41. In meters: 1.03 m.
104 cm (3 ft 5 in)40.94 inches, rounded to 41. In meters: 1.04 m.
105 cm (3 ft 5 in)41.34 inches, rounded to 41. In meters: 1.05 m.
106 cm (3 ft 6 in)41.73 inches, rounded to 42. In meters: 1.06 m.
107 cm (3 ft 6 in)42.13 inches, rounded to 42. In meters: 1.07 m.
108 cm (3 ft 7 in)42.52 inches, rounded to 43. In meters: 1.08 m.
109 cm (3 ft 7 in)42.91 inches, rounded to 43. In meters: 1.09 m.
110 cm (3 ft 7 in)43.31 inches, rounded to 43. In meters: 1.10 m.
111 cm (3 ft 8 in)43.70 inches, rounded to 44. In meters: 1.11 m.
112 cm (3 ft 8 in)44.09 inches, rounded to 44. In meters: 1.12 m.
113 cm (3 ft 8 in)44.49 inches, rounded to 44. In meters: 1.13 m.
114 cm (3 ft 9 in)44.88 inches, rounded to 45. In meters: 1.14 m.
115 cm (3 ft 9 in)45.28 inches, rounded to 45. In meters: 1.15 m.
116 cm (3 ft 10 in)45.67 inches, rounded to 46. In meters: 1.16 m.
117 cm (3 ft 10 in)46.06 inches, rounded to 46. In meters: 1.17 m.
118 cm (3 ft 10 in)46.46 inches, rounded to 46. In meters: 1.18 m.
119 cm (3 ft 11 in)46.85 inches, rounded to 47. In meters: 1.19 m.
120 cm (3 ft 11 in)47.24 inches, rounded to 47. In meters: 1.20 m.
121 cm (4 ft 0 in)47.64 inches, rounded to 48. In meters: 1.21 m.
122 cm (4 ft 0 in)48.03 inches, rounded to 48. In meters: 1.22 m.
123 cm (4 ft 0 in)48.43 inches, rounded to 48. In meters: 1.23 m.
124 cm (4 ft 1 in)48.82 inches, rounded to 49. In meters: 1.24 m.
125 cm (4 ft 1 in)49.21 inches, rounded to 49. In meters: 1.25 m.
126 cm (4 ft 2 in)49.61 inches, rounded to 50. In meters: 1.26 m.
127 cm (4 ft 2 in)50.00 inches, rounded to 50. In meters: 1.27 m.
128 cm (4 ft 2 in)50.39 inches, rounded to 50. In meters: 1.28 m.
129 cm (4 ft 3 in)50.79 inches, rounded to 51. In meters: 1.29 m.
130 cm (4 ft 3 in)51.18 inches, rounded to 51. In meters: 1.30 m.
Adults, 140 to 200 cm 61
140 cm (4 ft 7 in)55.12 inches, rounded to 55. In meters: 1.40 m.
141 cm (4 ft 8 in)55.51 inches, rounded to 56. In meters: 1.41 m.
142 cm (4 ft 8 in)55.91 inches, rounded to 56. In meters: 1.42 m.
143 cm (4 ft 8 in)56.30 inches, rounded to 56. In meters: 1.43 m.
144 cm (4 ft 9 in)56.69 inches, rounded to 57. In meters: 1.44 m.
145 cm (4 ft 9 in)57.09 inches, rounded to 57. In meters: 1.45 m.
146 cm (4 ft 9 in)57.48 inches, rounded to 57. In meters: 1.46 m.
147 cm (4 ft 10 in)57.87 inches, rounded to 58. In meters: 1.47 m.
148 cm (4 ft 10 in)58.27 inches, rounded to 58. In meters: 1.48 m.
149 cm (4 ft 11 in)58.66 inches, rounded to 59. In meters: 1.49 m.
150 cm (4 ft 11 in)59.06 inches, rounded to 59. In meters: 1.50 m.
151 cm (4 ft 11 in)59.45 inches, rounded to 59. In meters: 1.51 m.
152 cm (5 ft 0 in)59.84 inches, rounded to 60. In meters: 1.52 m.
153 cm (5 ft 0 in)60.24 inches, rounded to 60. In meters: 1.53 m.
154 cm (5 ft 1 in)60.63 inches, rounded to 61. In meters: 1.54 m.
155 cm (5 ft 1 in)61.02 inches, rounded to 61. In meters: 1.55 m.
156 cm (5 ft 1 in)61.42 inches, rounded to 61. In meters: 1.56 m.
157 cm (5 ft 2 in)61.81 inches, rounded to 62. In meters: 1.57 m.
158 cm (5 ft 2 in)62.20 inches, rounded to 62. In meters: 1.58 m.
159 cm (5 ft 3 in)62.60 inches, rounded to 63. In meters: 1.59 m.
160 cm (5 ft 3 in)62.99 inches, rounded to 63. In meters: 1.60 m.
161 cm (5 ft 3 in)63.39 inches, rounded to 63. In meters: 1.61 m.
162 cm (5 ft 4 in)63.78 inches, rounded to 64. In meters: 1.62 m.
163 cm (5 ft 4 in)64.17 inches, rounded to 64. In meters: 1.63 m.
164 cm (5 ft 5 in)64.57 inches, rounded to 65. In meters: 1.64 m.
165 cm (5 ft 5 in)64.96 inches, rounded to 65. In meters: 1.65 m.
166 cm (5 ft 5 in)65.35 inches, rounded to 65. In meters: 1.66 m.
167 cm (5 ft 6 in)65.75 inches, rounded to 66. In meters: 1.67 m.
168 cm (5 ft 6 in)66.14 inches, rounded to 66. In meters: 1.68 m.
169 cm (5 ft 7 in)66.54 inches, rounded to 67. In meters: 1.69 m.
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)66.93 inches, rounded to 67. In meters: 1.70 m.
171 cm (5 ft 7 in)67.32 inches, rounded to 67. In meters: 1.71 m.
172 cm (5 ft 8 in)67.72 inches, rounded to 68. In meters: 1.72 m.
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)68.11 inches, rounded to 68. In meters: 1.73 m.
174 cm (5 ft 9 in)68.50 inches, rounded to 69. In meters: 1.74 m.
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)68.90 inches, rounded to 69. In meters: 1.75 m.
176 cm (5 ft 9 in)69.29 inches, rounded to 69. In meters: 1.76 m.
177 cm (5 ft 10 in)69.69 inches, rounded to 70. In meters: 1.77 m.
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)70.08 inches, rounded to 70. In meters: 1.78 m.
179 cm (5 ft 10 in)70.47 inches, rounded to 70. In meters: 1.79 m.
180 cm (5 ft 11 in)70.87 inches, rounded to 71. In meters: 1.80 m.
181 cm (5 ft 11 in)71.26 inches, rounded to 71. In meters: 1.81 m.
182 cm (6 ft 0 in)71.65 inches, rounded to 72. In meters: 1.82 m.
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)72.05 inches, rounded to 72. In meters: 1.83 m.
184 cm (6 ft 0 in)72.44 inches, rounded to 72. In meters: 1.84 m.
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)72.83 inches, rounded to 73. In meters: 1.85 m.
186 cm (6 ft 1 in)73.23 inches, rounded to 73. In meters: 1.86 m.
187 cm (6 ft 2 in)73.62 inches, rounded to 74. In meters: 1.87 m.
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)74.02 inches, rounded to 74. In meters: 1.88 m.
189 cm (6 ft 2 in)74.41 inches, rounded to 74. In meters: 1.89 m.
190 cm (6 ft 3 in)74.80 inches, rounded to 75. In meters: 1.90 m.
191 cm (6 ft 3 in)75.20 inches, rounded to 75. In meters: 1.91 m.
192 cm (6 ft 4 in)75.59 inches, rounded to 76. In meters: 1.92 m.
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)75.98 inches, rounded to 76. In meters: 1.93 m.
194 cm (6 ft 4 in)76.38 inches, rounded to 76. In meters: 1.94 m.
195 cm (6 ft 5 in)76.77 inches, rounded to 77. In meters: 1.95 m.
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)77.17 inches, rounded to 77. In meters: 1.96 m.
197 cm (6 ft 6 in)77.56 inches, rounded to 78. In meters: 1.97 m.
198 cm (6 ft 6 in)77.95 inches, rounded to 78. In meters: 1.98 m.
199 cm (6 ft 6 in)78.35 inches, rounded to 78. In meters: 1.99 m.
200 cm (6 ft 7 in)78.74 inches, rounded to 79. In meters: 2.00 m.
Giants, 220 to 400 cm 37
220 cm (7 ft 3 in)86.61 inches, rounded to 87. In meters: 2.20 m.
225 cm (7 ft 5 in)88.58 inches, rounded to 89. In meters: 2.25 m.
230 cm (7 ft 7 in)90.55 inches, rounded to 91. In meters: 2.30 m.
235 cm (7 ft 9 in)92.52 inches, rounded to 93. In meters: 2.35 m.
240 cm (7 ft 10 in)94.49 inches, rounded to 94. In meters: 2.40 m.
245 cm (8 ft 0 in)96.46 inches, rounded to 96. In meters: 2.45 m.
250 cm (8 ft 2 in)98.43 inches, rounded to 98. In meters: 2.50 m.
255 cm (8 ft 4 in)100.39 inches, rounded to 100. In meters: 2.55 m.
260 cm (8 ft 6 in)102.36 inches, rounded to 102. In meters: 2.60 m.
265 cm (8 ft 8 in)104.33 inches, rounded to 104. In meters: 2.65 m.
270 cm (8 ft 10 in)106.30 inches, rounded to 106. In meters: 2.70 m.
275 cm (9 ft 0 in)108.27 inches, rounded to 108. In meters: 2.75 m.
280 cm (9 ft 2 in)110.24 inches, rounded to 110. In meters: 2.80 m.
285 cm (9 ft 4 in)112.20 inches, rounded to 112. In meters: 2.85 m.
290 cm (9 ft 6 in)114.17 inches, rounded to 114. In meters: 2.90 m.
295 cm (9 ft 8 in)116.14 inches, rounded to 116. In meters: 2.95 m.
300 cm (9 ft 10 in)118.11 inches, rounded to 118. In meters: 3.00 m.
305 cm (10 ft 0 in)120.08 inches, rounded to 120. In meters: 3.05 m.
310 cm (10 ft 2 in)122.05 inches, rounded to 122. In meters: 3.10 m.
315 cm (10 ft 4 in)124.02 inches, rounded to 124. In meters: 3.15 m.
320 cm (10 ft 6 in)125.98 inches, rounded to 126. In meters: 3.20 m.
325 cm (10 ft 8 in)127.95 inches, rounded to 128. In meters: 3.25 m.
330 cm (10 ft 10 in)129.92 inches, rounded to 130. In meters: 3.30 m.
335 cm (11 ft 0 in)131.89 inches, rounded to 132. In meters: 3.35 m.
340 cm (11 ft 2 in)133.86 inches, rounded to 134. In meters: 3.40 m.
345 cm (11 ft 4 in)135.83 inches, rounded to 136. In meters: 3.45 m.
350 cm (11 ft 6 in)137.80 inches, rounded to 138. In meters: 3.50 m.
355 cm (11 ft 8 in)139.76 inches, rounded to 140. In meters: 3.55 m.
360 cm (11 ft 10 in)141.73 inches, rounded to 142. In meters: 3.60 m.
365 cm (12 ft 0 in)143.70 inches, rounded to 144. In meters: 3.65 m.
370 cm (12 ft 2 in)145.67 inches, rounded to 146. In meters: 3.70 m.
375 cm (12 ft 4 in)147.64 inches, rounded to 148. In meters: 3.75 m.
380 cm (12 ft 6 in)149.61 inches, rounded to 150. In meters: 3.80 m.
385 cm (12 ft 8 in)151.57 inches, rounded to 152. In meters: 3.85 m.
390 cm (12 ft 10 in)153.54 inches, rounded to 154. In meters: 3.90 m.
395 cm (13 ft 0 in)155.51 inches, rounded to 156. In meters: 3.95 m.
400 cm (13 ft 1 in)157.48 inches, rounded to 157. In meters: 4.00 m.
How this list was compiled: Generated, not collected: every whole centimeter from 60 to 130 and from 140 to 200, and every fifth centimeter from 220 to 400, 169 heights in all. Each is converted with the exact definition of the inch, 2.54 cm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch): inches are rounded to the nearest whole inch, then split into feet and inches, so 182 cm (71.65 inches) reads 6 ft 0 in. The two measured ranges are for the United States only. They come from Fryar CD, Gu Q, Afful J, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Anthropometric reference data for children and adults: United States, August 2021 to August 2023, Vital and Health Statistics, Series 3, Number 50, National Center for Health Statistics, June 2025 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03-050.pdf), Table 7, adults aged 20 and older, 5th and 95th percentiles: women 149.6 and 172.5 cm, men 162.2 and 187.2 cm. Each range is rounded inward to whole centimeters (150 to 172 and 163 to 187) so that it never reaches outside the published figures. Table read 2026-09-18; the report is linked from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/body-measurements.htm, checked 2026-09-19. The adult range of 140 to 200 cm and both invented ranges, small folk and giants, are this site's own round choices and not measured figures. No height here is rated or compared with a person. Each draw is made in your browser with equal chance for every height in the range you chose. Licence: own work; the CDC report is a United States government work in the public domain