Empire State Building size comparison: how tall is the Empire State Building?
Empire State Building: 381 m · 1,250 ft tall · 331,000 t (729,729,220 lb)
New York, United States · 1931
Empire State Building is 381 m · 1,250 ft tall (331,000 t (729,729,220 lb)). That is about 223× the height of an average man (171 cm). Compare it side by side with people, animals, buildings and more on the board above — drag, zoom, switch cm / ft, or export an image.
Empire State Building in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Metres | 381 m |
| Feet | 1,250 ft |
| Yards | 417 yd |
| Kilometres | 0.381 km |
How many people tall is it?
You would need to stack about 223 average men (171 cm each) to be as tall as Empire State Building. With 3 m per storey, that is roughly the height of a 127-floor building.
What is about the same size as Empire State Building?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Two International Finance Centre (Skyscrapers) | 412 m · 1,352 ft | 31 m taller (8.1%) |
| Baltic Sea (Seas & gulfs) | 459 m · 1,506 ft | 78 m taller (20.5%) |
| Milad Tower (Towers & bridges) | 435 m · 1,427 ft | 54 m taller (14.2%) |
| KL Tower (Towers & bridges) | 421 m · 1,381 ft | 40 m taller (10.5%) |
| Berlin TV Tower (Towers & bridges) | 368 m · 1,207 ft | 13 m shorter (3.4%) |
| The STRAT Tower (Towers & bridges) | 350.2 m · 1,149 ft | 30.8 m shorter (8.1%) |
| Lotus Tower (Towers & bridges) | 350 m · 1,148 ft | 31 m shorter (8.1%) |
| Bank of China Tower (Skyscrapers) | 367.4 m · 1,205 ft | 13.6 m shorter (3.6%) |
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