UK, India, US men, US women, EU and foot length in cm, converted both ways
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Updated on 24 Oct 2026.Enter a shoe size in UK, Indian, US men, US women or EU sizes, or your foot length, and see every other system at once. A 26.5 cm foot is UK and India 8, US men 9, US women 10.5 and EU 42. Brands can differ by half a size, and the page says when your foot falls between two.
Under "I know my", pick the system on your label: "UK / India", "US men", "US women", "EU" or "Foot length".
Type the size from the label, in half sizes where it has them.
Read "UK and India", "US men", "US women" and "EU" in the result, with the exact UK and EU figures beneath.
Open the "Size chart" tab to see the neighbouring sizes, or press "Share result" to copy a link.
Shoe sizes look arbitrary but each system is a simple rule applied to the length of the last, the foot-shaped form a shoe is built on, which is about 1.5 cm longer than the foot. A UK size steps by a third of an inch, the old barleycorn; an EU size steps by two thirds of a centimetre, the Paris point. US men's sizes are the UK size plus one, and US women's sizes, on the Brannock scale used in American shops, add another one and a half.
India uses UK sizes. Indian brands and shops label shoes in UK sizes, sometimes marked IND or UK/IND, so everything this page says about UK sizes applies in India. That makes the most common conversion here a US size into an Indian one: subtract one for men's sizes and two and a half for women's.
Why the charts disagree. Because the UK and EU steps are different lengths, most sizes fall between two sizes in the other system, and each brand rounds its own way. An EU 41 sits between UK 7 and 7.5; some brands call it 7, others 7.5. This converter shows the exact figure beside the nearest half size, so you can see when a result is close to the line.
Measure instead of guessing. Stand on paper against a wall, mark your longest toe, and measure the length in centimetres, in the evening, when feet are largest. Enter that and choose the size for the longer foot. Sizes here are for adults; children's scales restart at zero and differ between countries.
Indian shoe sizes are UK sizes. For a US men's size, subtract one: US men 9 is Indian 8. For a US women's size, subtract two and a half: US women 8 is Indian 5.5. Brands can differ by half a size, so check the brand's own chart if you are between sizes.
Yes, in practice. Indian brands and shops use the UK scale, often labelled UK/IND, so a UK 8 and an Indian 8 are the same shoe. The Bureau of Indian Standards has proposed a separate Indian system, but shoes in shops today are still sold in UK sizes.
EU 42 is UK 8, Indian 8 and US men 9, for a foot of about 26.5 centimetres. It is one of the few sizes that almost every chart agrees on. In women's sizes, EU 42 is about US women 10.5, though women's ranges rarely go that high in EU sizing.
On the US scale, a women's size is one and a half larger than the men's size for the same foot, so women's 8.5 is men's 7. UK and EU sizes use one scale for everyone, so a UK 6 is a UK 6 whether the shoe is sold as men's or women's.
Stand on a sheet of paper with your heel against a wall and mark the tip of your longest toe. Measure from the wall to the mark in centimetres. Measure both feet in the evening, when feet are at their largest, and enter the longer length. Wear the socks you will wear with the shoes.
Each system is a formula on the length of the last, but brands choose their own toe allowance and round in-between sizes their own way. That is why a Nike EU 42 is a US 8.5 while this converter shows 9. Expect up to half a size of difference, and check the brand chart when buying online.
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