St. Peter's Basilica size comparison: how tall is the St. Peter's Basilica?
St. Peter's Basilica: 136.6 m · 448 ft tall
Vatican City, Vatican · 1626
St. Peter's Basilica is 136.6 m · 448 ft tall. That is about 80× 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.
St. Peter's Basilica in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Metres | 136.6 m |
| Feet | 448 ft |
| Yards | 149 yd |
| Kilometres | 0.137 km |
How many people tall is it?
You would need to stack about 80 average men (171 cm each) to be as tall as St. Peter's Basilica. With 3 m per storey, that is roughly the height of a 46-floor building.
What is about the same size as St. Peter's Basilica?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Great Pyramid of Giza (Monuments & mosques) | 138.5 m · 454 ft | 1.9 m taller (1.4%) |
| Reunion Tower (Towers & bridges) | 171 m · 561 ft | 34.4 m taller (25.2%) |
| Blackpool Tower (Towers & bridges) | 158 m · 518 ft | 21.4 m taller (15.7%) |
| Spring Temple Buddha (Statues) | 153 m · 502 ft | 16.4 m taller (12%) |
| London Eye (Towers & bridges) | 135 m · 443 ft | 1.6 m shorter (1.2%) |
| Ski jump (Goals, nets & courts) | 130 m · 427 ft | 6.6 m shorter (4.8%) |
| Ushiku Daibutsu (Statues) | 120 m · 394 ft | 16.6 m shorter (12.2%) |
| Potala Palace (Monuments & mosques) | 117 m · 384 ft | 19.6 m shorter (14.3%) |
More in Monuments & mosques
- Great Pyramid of Giza — 138.5 m · 454 ft
- Great Sphinx of Giza — 20 m · 66 ft
- Washington Monument — 169 m · 554 ft
- Gateway Arch — 192 m · 630 ft
- Arc de Triomphe — 50 m · 164 ft
- Brandenburg Gate — 26 m · 85 ft
- Colosseum — 48 m · 157 ft
- Stonehenge — 730 cm · 23' 11"
- Sydney Opera House — 65 m · 213 ft
- Sagrada Familia — 172.5 m · 566 ft
- Cologne Cathedral — 157 m · 515 ft
- Taj Mahal — 73 m · 240 ft