Is a women's size 8 shoe big?
A US women's size 8 fits a foot of about 23.7 cm (9.3 in), longer than 41% of women's feet. In EU sizing that is 37, in UK 6.5.
Percentile
41%
of women have smaller feet than a women's 8
US women's 8 = 23.7 cm
US women's 8 by group
Foot length
The same foot in other systems
Percentile is the share of the group with shorter feet than this size fits. “1 in X” counts the rarer side: people at or beyond this value above the median, at or under it below. The size is converted to foot length in cm, then compared with a normal distribution of foot lengths.
What this means
- The average man's foot is 26.5 cm, about a US men's 10.5. The average woman's is 24.0 cm, about a US women's 8.5. A women's 8 is 0.3 cm shorter than the women's mean.
- Measured against men, the same foot is longer than 2% of them. In US men's sizing it is about 7.
- Shoe sizes are not standardised. The same foot gets different numbers from different brands, usually by half a size, sometimes a whole one.
Questions
- Is a women's size 8 big?
- A US women's 8 fits a foot of about 23.7 cm, which is longer than 41% of women's feet. That is about average.
- What is a US women's 8 in EU and UK sizes?
- A US women's 8 is about EU 37 and UK 6.5, for a foot of 23.7 cm (9.3 in). In US men's sizing the same foot is about 7. Brands round differently, so try before you trust.
- How rare is a size 8 foot?
- About 1 in 2 women have feet this short or shorter. Among men it is 1 in 62.
Source: Foot length distributions: Jurca et al., Footwear Science 2019; Wunderlich and Cavanagh, Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001. Sizes converted with the same formula as our shoe size test. Percentiles on this page are our estimate from a normal distribution with the stated mean and SD.
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