Climbing grade comparison chart

Comparison of the climbing grade scales

You think about your next stay in the far East. You prepare your future holiday in the United States. Be aware of one thing. There are as many climbing scales than countries in the world. To make your days easier, we buit below a chart to compare grades in free and boulder climbing.

In free climbing, the french scale has to be used in Belgium, France, Spain and Italy.
In bouldering, use the Fontainebleau scale (Fb on the table). Hueco system has to be used in North America.

Do not hesitate to print it and drop it in your backpack!

Free climbing									Boulder climbing
United States	UK		France	UIAA (Central-Europe)	Australia	Czech Republic	Finland	Brazil	Fb	Hueco
5.2			1	I		I		Isup
5.3			2	II	11	II		II
5.4			3	III	12	III		IIsup	2
5.5	4a	VD	4	IV		IV		III	3
5.6		S	5a	V-	13	V	5-	IIIsup
5.7	4b	HS	5b	V	14	VI	5	IV	4a
	4c			V+	15					V0
5.8		VS	5c	VI-	16	VIIa	5+	IVsup
5.9	5a	HVS	6a	VI	17	VIIb		V	4b
5.10a		E1	6a+	VI+	18	VIIc	6-	Vsup
5.10b	5b				19			VI
5.10c		E2	6b	VII-	20	VIIIa	6
5.10d	5c		6b+	VII	21	VIIIb		VIsup	4c
5.11a		E3	6c	VII+	22	VIIIc	6+	VIIa	5a	V1
5.11b			6c+		23
5.11c	6a	E4	7a	VIII	24	IXa	7-	VIIb	5b
5.11d			7a+		25	IXb	7	VIIc	5c	V2
5.12a		E5	7b	VIII+	26	IXc	7+	VIIIa	6a	V3
5.12b	6b		7b+				8-	VIIIb	6b	V4
5.12c		E6	7c	IX	27	Xa	8	VIIIc	6c	V5
5.12d	6c		7c+		28	Xb	8+	IXa	7a
5.13a		E7	8a	IX+	29	Xc	9-	IXb	7a+	V6
5.13b							9	IXc	7b	V7
5.13c	7a		8a+	X-	30	XIa	9+	Xa	7b+	V8
									7c	V9
5.13d		E8	8b	X	31	XIb	10-	Xb	7c+	V10
5.14a			8b+	X+	32	XIc	10	Xc	8a	V11
5.14b	7b						10+	XIa	8a+	V12
5.14c		E9	8c/8c+	XI-	33		11-		8b	V13
5.14d	7c		9a	XI			11		8b+	V14
		E10							8c	V15
5.15a			9a+	XI+			11+		8c+	V16
5.15b			9b	XII-

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