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How big is Big Ben?
96 m
Big Ben measures 96 m. That's about 8 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 96 meters, or about 315 feet.
- It's about 56 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 8 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 69 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #204 by size.
Size comparison
How Big Ben stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
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Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 1.77% of its height.
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