EU sizes to US sizes
38 EU = 6 US. Type your own value in EU below.
That is a waist of about 71.12 cm (28 in). Labels run from W27 to W29 between brands.
Convert the other way: US to EU
What it means
Where does that waist sit?
The math
How to convert EU to US
Women: EU = 2 × W − 18, US = EU − 32, UK = EU − 28, Italian = EU + 4. Men: EU = W + 16, French = W + 8, US and UK = W.
Example: 38 EU = 6 US.
The table below uses Women’s sizes. Switch above and the EU, French, US and UK columns shift.
In practice
When you’d convert EU sizes to US sizes
Ordering from an American shop with a European size. Women: subtract 32, so EU 38 is US 6, EU 40 is US 8 and EU 42 is US 10. Men: American jeans use waist inches, so take 16 off the EU number: EU 48 is US 32.
Common mistake: Subtracting 32 from a man’s European size: EU 48 would give 16, but a man’s EU 48 is a US 32. Men take 16 off, women take 32.
Women: EU 34 is US 2, EU 36 is US 4, EU 38 is US 6, EU 40 is US 8, EU 42 is US 10 and EU 44 is US 12. Men: EU 46 is US 30, EU 48 is US 32, EU 50 is US 34 and EU 52 is US 36. Below EU 32 a woman’s size has no American number.
Every unit
That size in every system
Tables
EU to US conversion table
| EU | US |
|---|---|
| 32 EU | 0 US |
| 34 EU | 2 US |
| 36 EU | 4 US |
| 38 EU | 6 US |
| 40 EU | 8 US |
| 44 EU | 12 US |
US to EU conversion table
| US | EU |
|---|---|
| 0 US | 32 EU |
| 2 US | 34 EU |
| 4 US | 36 EU |
| 6 US | 38 EU |
| 8 US | 40 EU |
| 12 US | 44 EU |
Quick answers
Quick answers
- How many US is 38 EU?
- 38 EU is 6 US.
The units
About these units
EU sizes (EU)
Continental European size: two numbers per inch of waist for women, the waist plus 16 for men.
US sizes (US)
American size: 32 below the EU number for women, the waist itself for men.
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