Willis Tower size comparison: how tall is the Willis Tower?
Willis Tower: 442 m · 1,450 ft tall
Chicago, United States · 1974
Willis Tower is 442 m · 1,450 ft tall. That is about 258× 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.
Willis Tower in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Metres | 442 m |
| Feet | 1,450 ft |
| Yards | 483 yd |
| Kilometres | 0.442 km |
How many people tall is it?
You would need to stack about 258 average men (171 cm each) to be as tall as Willis Tower. With 3 m per storey, that is roughly the height of a 147-floor building.
What is about the same size as Willis Tower?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Petronas Towers (Skyscrapers) | 452 m · 1,483 ft | 10 m taller (2.3%) |
| Ostankino Tower (Towers & bridges) | 540 m · 1,772 ft | 98 m taller (22.2%) |
| Oriental Pearl Tower (Towers & bridges) | 468 m · 1,535 ft | 26 m taller (5.9%) |
| Baltic Sea (Seas & gulfs) | 459 m · 1,506 ft | 17 m taller (3.8%) |
| Milad Tower (Towers & bridges) | 435 m · 1,427 ft | 7 m shorter (1.6%) |
| KL Tower (Towers & bridges) | 421 m · 1,381 ft | 21 m shorter (4.8%) |
| Berlin TV Tower (Towers & bridges) | 368 m · 1,207 ft | 74 m shorter (16.7%) |
| Jin Mao Tower (Skyscrapers) | 420.5 m · 1,380 ft | 21.5 m shorter (4.9%) |
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