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Does Converse run true to size?

Converse women's shoes, by its own chart

True to size by its chart

By its own size chart, Converse is true to size: each size is built for about the same foot length as the median of 14 other brands' charts. Start with your usual size.

Source: Converse size guide, checked 2026-09-18.

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If you wear this at another brand, buy this at Converse

US women's sizes. Each cell reads the other brand's own chart, then finds the Converse size built for the same foot (or the same label, when one chart has no foot lengths).
You wearSize 7 thereSize 8 thereSize 9 there
NikeConverse 5Converse 6.5Converse 7.5
adidasConverse 5 or 4.5Converse 5.5Converse 7
HOKAConverse 5Converse 6Converse 7
BrooksConverse 5Converse 6Converse 7
ASICSConverse 5Converse 6.5Converse 7 or 7.5
New BalanceConverse 5Converse 6.5Converse 7.5
OnConverse 5Converse 6.5Converse 7.5
SauconyConverse 4.5Converse 5.5Converse 7
Every size, not just these three: follow a brand name for the full Converse table.

Size by size: Converse against the other charts

The foot length Converse builds each US women's size for, beside the median of every other brand that publishes one. Half a US size is 0.42 cm.
US women'sConverse builds it forMedian brandDifference
623 cm23 cm (14 brands)same
6.523.5 cm23.5 cm (13 brands)same
724 cm24 cm (14 brands)same
7.524.5 cm24 cm (13 brands)+0.50 cm
824.5 cm24.55 cm (14 brands)-0.05 cm
8.525 cm25 cm (12 brands)same
925.5 cm25.5 cm (14 brands)same
9.526 cm26 cm (12 brands)same
1026.5 cm26.5 cm (14 brands)same
Tinted rows differ by half a size or more. Brands round their foot lengths, often to the half centimetre, so read the average, not a single row.

What a size chart cannot tell you

A chart gives one number per size: the foot length. Width, toe box shape, the heel and how much the upper stretches are on no chart, and they decide whether a shoe feels short. That is why people sometimes say a brand runs small when its chart says it runs long: a narrow toe box can crowd a foot the chart says fits.

If you have wide feet or sit between sizes, take the larger size, or check whether the model comes in a wide fit.

Wearer reports appear on the shoe converter once five people who own both brands have told us what fits. They rank above the charts, because charts describe a shoe and wearers describe a fit. Add a pair you own to help.