Buildings · #124 biggest of 1,014
How big is the Burj Khalifa?
828 m
The Burj Khalifa measures 828 m. That's about 2.51 Eiffel Towers lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 828 meters, or about 2,717 feet.
- It's about 487 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 7.89 soccer fields could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 591 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #124 by size.
Size comparison
How Burj Khalifa stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Grand Canyon (depth)
1.857 km
Brooklyn Bridge
1.825 km
Sydney Harbour Bridge
1.149 km
Angel Falls
979 m
Burj Khalifa
828 m
Merdeka 118
679 m
Tokyo Skytree
634 m
Shanghai Tower
632 m
Canton Tower
604 m
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 0.205% of its height.
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