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How Big Is a Giraffe?

A giraffe is about 17 ft (5.2 m) tall. That is about 3 times the height of the average man. The tallest animal on Earth.

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How big is a giraffe compared to the average man?

A giraffe is about 3 times the height of the average man. A giraffe is 3× the size of the average man: about 3 average men stacked up would match it. By volume, about 19 average men would fit inside a giraffe.

Giraffe height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A giraffe measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	17 ft 1 in
Inches	205 in
Centimeters	520 cm
Meters	5.2 m

Giraffe size facts

Adult male giraffes stand about 5 to 5.5 meters (16 to 18 ft) tall; females are about 4.3 meters.
A giraffe's neck alone can be 1.8 meters long, but it has only seven neck bones, the same as a human.
Newborn giraffes are already about 1.8 meters tall.

How does a giraffe compare to other things?

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

Thing	Size	Compared to Giraffe
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	268 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	2.45 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	1,700× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	63.5× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	23 ft (7 m) bigger
Basking shark	26 ft (8 m) long	9 ft 2 in (280 cm) bigger
Orca	25 ft (7.5 m) long	7 ft 7 in (230 cm) bigger
Stonehenge	24 ft (7.3 m)	6 ft 11 in (210 cm) bigger
Ankylosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	5 ft 11 in (180 cm) bigger
Dilophosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	5 ft 11 in (180 cm) bigger
Pteranodon	20 ft (6 m) long	2 ft 7.5 in (80 cm) bigger
Pickup truck	19 ft (5.9 m) long	2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) bigger
Saltwater crocodile	17 ft (5.2 m) long	0 pm smaller
Green anaconda	17 ft (5.2 m) long	0 pm smaller
Quetzalcoatlus	16 ft (5 m)	7.9 in (20 cm) smaller
SUV	16 ft (4.9 m) long	12 in (30 cm) smaller
Car (sedan)	16 ft (4.8 m) long	1 ft 3.5 in (40 cm) smaller
Great white shark	15 ft (4.6 m) long	1 ft 11.5 in (60 cm) smaller
Pachycephalosaurus	15 ft (4.5 m) long	2 ft 3.5 in (70 cm) smaller
Great hammerhead	13 ft (4 m) long	3 ft 11 in (120 cm) smaller
White rhinoceros	13 ft (3.9 m) long	4 ft 3 in (130 cm) smaller
Tiger shark	12 ft (3.7 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) smaller
Hippopotamus	11 ft (3.5 m) long	5 ft 7 in (170 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	3× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	3.3× 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: Giraffe by Jody Taylor. See credits.