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How big is the Sydney Opera House?
65 m
The Sydney Opera House measures 65 m. That's about 5.42 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 65 meters, or about 213 feet.
- It's about 38 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 5.42 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 46 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #222 by size.
Size comparison
How Sydney Opera House stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Taj Mahal
73 m
Airbus A380
73 m
Boeing 747
71 m
Falcon 9 rocket
70 m
Sydney Opera House
65 m
Concorde
62 m
hockey rink
61 m
typical big coaster
60 m
Leaning Tower of Pisa
56 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 2.62% of its height.
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