Shoe Size Conversion Chart

Shoe size is the alphanumeric indication of the fitting size of a shoe, which in other words, is an indicator of the length of the feet. Ideally, along with the length of the feet, there are also different width of the feet, however, shoe makers do not provide different widths in shoes for economic reasons. The shoe size system used in different parts of the world is different for both men as well as women's shoes. When you take a look at shoe size conversion chart, you will come to believe, that the differentiation in shoe size systems is made in what is measured, the unit of measurement used, i.e. inches or centimeters and where does the shoe size start, either at 0 or at 1. You will be surprised to know, that there are very few shoe size systems in the world, where the width of the feet is also taken into consideration, when one measures the shoe size. In some shoe size system, different types of shoe have different size systems.

How to Derive the Right Shoe Size

A lot of us are not aware about the right technique used to derive shoe size. We will first see how to measure shoe size, so that we do not have any misconceptions about the same. When you have to derive the right shoe size, the length of a foot is taken into consideration. It is defined as the distance between two parallel lines, which are perpendicular to the foot and also come in contact with the most prominent toe and the most prominent part of the heel. While measuring the foot length, the subject is made to stand barefoot with the weight of the body equally distributed on both the feet. In majority of the cases, it is seen that the size of the left and the right foot differ slightly from one another. Hence, both the feet are measured and the shoe size is decided upon the larger foot.

Each of the shoe size, which is available is perfect for a small interval of foot length. It is the inner cavity of a shoe, which is typically 15 to 20 millimeter longer than the actual length of the foot. However, this proportion changes for different types of shoes.

International Shoe Size Conversion Chart

We will now see the conversion chart for shoe sizes for men and women. In the shoe size conversion chart mentioned below, there are different conversion charts for men and women. We will see the US, European, UK, Australian and Japanese shoe size.

For Women

USA	Europe	UK	Australia	Japan
5	35	2.5	3.5	21
5.5	35.5	3	4	21.5
6	36	3.5	4.5	22
6.5	37	4	5	22.5
7	37.5	4.5	5.5	23
7.5	38	5	6	23.5
8	38.5	5.5	6.5	24
9	40	6.5	7.5	25
9.5	41	7	8	25.5
10	42	7.5	8.5	26
10.5	43	8	9	27
12	44	9.5	10.5	28
13	45	10.5	11.5	29
14	46.5	11.5	12.5	30
15.5	48.5	13	14	31

For Men

USA	Europe	UK	Australia	Japan
2.5	35	2	2	20
3	35.5	2.3	2.3	21
3.5	36	3	3	22
4	36.5	3.5	3.5	22.5
4.5	37	4	4	23
5	37.5	4.5	4.5	23.5
5.5	38	5	5	24
6	38.5	5.5	5.5	24.5
6.5	39	6	6	25.5
7.5	40	7	7	26
8	41	7.5	7.5	26.5
8.5	42	8	8	27
9	43	8.5	8.5	27.5
9.5	43.5	9	9	28
10	44	9.5	9.5	28.5
10.5	44.5	10	10	29
11	45	10.5	10.5	29.5
11.5	45.5	11	11	30
12	46	11.5	11.5	30.5
12.5	46.5	12	12	31
13	47	12.5	12.5	31.5
13.5	47.5	13	13	32
14	48.5	13.5	13.5	32.5
14.5	49	14	14	33
15.5	50	15	15	34
16.5	51	16	16	35

When you want to convert women's shoe size to men's shoe size using the conversion chart, you will have to scale down the size by two whole sizes. To take an example, if a woman's shoe size is 8, then the conversion to men's size would be 6. In the same way, men to women shoe size conversion can also be done, albeit in the reverse fashion. It is also recommended, when you are traveling to different countries, then you get your feet measured, according to the system prevalent in the country, to avoid any sort of discrepancy.