Women's 5 and men's 4 share this 220 mm foot, the one-number offset that runs through every unisex conversion and explains why men's and women's charts never line up.
CM to UK conversion
From centimetres to women's UK the offset stays at 19 across the range, so 24 cm is UK 5 and 27 cm is UK 8. As with the US pair the UK number is derived from the foot length, so clean centimetre feet give clean whole UK sizes. Feet that measure to a half centimetre land between two UK numbers, and there the larger size laced down holds better than the shorter one crushing the toes.
At this size, CM to UK
One size up from 22 cm, UK moves 0.5 to UK 3.5 while the metric length rises 0.5 to 22.5 cm. Both 22 cm and UK 3 are whole numbers here, so nothing rounds. For 22 cm, the UK column here runs UK 2.5, UK 3, UK 3.5, stepping a half size at a time.
This women's page reads 22 cm against
one gender grid, because men and women share a foot length but not a size
number: the same 22 cm in men's shoes is
UK 3 . Most charts pick a
gender without saying so, which is why a bare size search returns answers that
disagree by a full number.
Foot length vs shoe length
A CM shoe size is your measured foot length, not the space inside the shoe.
Brands add 0.5 to 1.0 cm of toe room so your toes clear the front. Japanese cm
labels already include about 1 cm of it, so a JP 24.0 measures near 25 cm
inside; an EU number instead describes the last. That built-in gap is why
conversion tables disagree.
Why one foot length gives many sizes
Size Chart CM EU US UK 21 34 4 2 21.5 34.5 4.5 2.5 22 35 5 3 22.5 35.5 5.5 3.5 23 36 6 4 23.5 37 6.5 4.5
Frequently Asked Questions Does 22 cm round up or down in UK? EU 35, US 5 and UK 3 land whole here, so this exact length rarely faces a rounding choice; between sizes, the larger laces down more kindly than the smaller pinches.
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Note Based on Mondopoint standard (foot length in mm) Women's sizing differs from men's by approximately 1.5 US sizes Heel height affects fit - measure standing Shoe sizes can vary by brand and style See a number that looks off? Report an error on this page.