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How Big Is a Bottlenose Dolphin?

A bottlenose dolphin is about 9 ft 10 in (3 m) long. That is 4 ft 3 in (129 cm) more than the height of the average man (5 ft 7 in). The familiar, friendly dolphin.

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How big is a bottlenose dolphin compared to the average man?

A bottlenose dolphin's length is 4 ft 3 in (129 cm) more than the height of the average man (5 ft 7 in). By volume, about 4.8 average men would fit inside a bottlenose dolphin.

Bottlenose Dolphin length in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A bottlenose dolphin measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	9 ft 10 in
Inches	118 in
Centimeters	300 cm
Meters	3 m

Bottlenose Dolphin size facts

Bottlenose dolphins are about 2 to 4 meters long.
They recognize each other by signature whistles, like names.

How does a bottlenose dolphin compare to other things?

A bottlenose dolphin next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Bottlenose dolphin
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	464 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	4.25 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	2,950× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	110× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	4.1× bigger
Tiger shark	12 ft (3.7 m) long	2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) bigger
Hippopotamus	11 ft (3.5 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
African elephant	10 ft (3.2 m)	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
Woolly mammoth	10 ft (3.2 m)	7.9 in (20 cm) bigger
Basketball hoop	10 ft (3.05 m)	1.9 in (4.8 cm) bigger
Tiger	9 ft 10 in (3 m) long	0 pm smaller
Sunflower	9 ft 10 in (3 m)	0 pm smaller
Goliath	9 ft 6 in (290 cm)	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Moose	9 ft 6 in (290 cm) long	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Lion	9 ft 6 in (290 cm) long	3.9 in (10 cm) smaller
Robert Wadlow	8 ft 11 in (272 cm)	11 in (28 cm) smaller
Komodo dragon	8 ft 6 in (260 cm) long	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) smaller
Sultan Kösen	8 ft 3 in (251 cm)	1 ft 7.5 in (49 cm) smaller
Polar bear	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) smaller
Bigfoot	7 ft 10 in (240 cm)	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) smaller
Horse	7 ft 10 in (240 cm) long	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) smaller
Bull shark	7 ft 10 in (240 cm) long	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) smaller
Ostrich	7 ft 10 in (240 cm)	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	4 ft 3 in (129 cm) smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	4 ft 8 in (141 cm) smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.

Silhouettes from PhyloPic: Bottlenose dolphin by Olesja Bogomaz. See credits.