All you need to know about shoe sizes and shoe size conversions.

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Ladies' Shoe Size Table

US & Can 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½
European 35 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 43 43 44 45 45
UK 2 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½
Australia 44½55½66½77½88½99½1010½1111½1212½
Japan 2222.52323.523.52424.52525.5262626.52727.52828.52929
Mondopoint 220225230235235240245250255260260265270275280285290290
USEurUKAusJapMon
4352422220
4½352½4½22.5225
5363523230
5½363½5½23.5235
6374623.5235
6½384½6½24240
7385724.5245
7½395½7½25250
8406825.5255
8½406½8½26260
9417926260
9½417½9½26.5265
104281027270
10½438½10½27.5275
114391128280
11½449½11½28.5285
1245101229290
12½4510½12½29290

 

The table above uses most common American ladies' shoe sizes as its base and gives conversions to other sizes that are correct for the top of the size, so if you are only just into a size you may need the size below that given here.

The common US ladies' shoe sizes are based on US mens sizes, ladies' sizes are mens size plus 1½, thus a ladies' size 8½ is the same length as a men's size 7.

There is an alternative, less popular system, called the "standard" or Footwear Industries of America (FIA) scale in which the ladies' size is the men's size plus one. In this scale a ladies' sizes 8½ is the same length as the men's size 7½

Men's Shoe Size Table

US/Can 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½ 13
Euro 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 40 40 41 42 42 43 43 44 45 45 46 47 47
UK 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12
Aus 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12
Japan 22.5 23 23.5 23.5 24 24.5 25 25.5 26 26 26.5 27 27.5 28 28.5 29 29 29.5 30 30.5
Mondo 225 230 235 235 240 245 250 255 260 260 265 270 275 280 285 290 290 295 300 305
USEurUKAusJapMon
3½352½2½22.5225
4363323230
4½363½3½23.5235
5374423.5235
5½384½4½24240
6385524.5245
6½395½5½25250
7406625.5255
7½406½6½26260
8417726260
8½427½7½26.5265
9428827270
9½438½8½27.5275
10439928280
10½449½9½28.5285
1145101029290
11½4510½10½29290
1246111129.5295
12½4711½11½30300
1347121230.5305

 

The table above uses American shoe sizes as its base and gives conversions to other sizes that are correct for the top of the size, so if you are only just into a size you may need the size below that given here.

US men's shoe sizes are based on a fixed scale, originating from the middle ages and updated in the 19th century.

Boy's & Girl's Shoe Size Table

US & Can 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½ 13
European 23 23 24 25 25 26 27 27 28 28 29 30 30 31 32
UK 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½ 13
Australia 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½ 13
Japan 14 14.5 15 15.5 16 16 16.5 17 17.5 18 18.5 19 19 19.5 20
Mondopoint 140 145 150 155 160 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 190 195 200
US & CanEurUKAusJapMon
6236614140
6½236½6½14.5145
7247715150
7½257½7½15.5155
8258816160
8½268½8½16160
9279916.5165
9½279½9½17170
1028101017.5175
10½2810½10½18180
1129111118.5185
11½3011½11½19190
1230121219190
12½3112½12½19.5195
1332131320200

 

The table above uses American children's shoe sizes as its base and gives conversions to other sizes that are correct for the top of the size, so if you are only just into a size you may need the size below that given here.

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