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How Big Is a Mustard Seed?

A mustard seed is about 0.059 in (1.5 mm) across. That is about 1,140 times smaller than the average man. A tiny round seed, famous as a symbol of something small.

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How big is a mustard seed compared to the average man?

A mustard seed is about 1,140 times smaller than the average man. The average man is 1,140× the size of a mustard seed: about 1,140 mustard seeds stacked up would match it. By volume, about 35.7 million mustard seeds would fit inside the average man.

Mustard Seed size facts

Mustard seeds are about 1 to 2 mm across.

How does a mustard seed compare to other things?

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

Thing	Size	Compared to Mustard seed
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	928 billion× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	8.49 billion× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	5.9 million× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	220,000× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	8,130× bigger
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	1,140× bigger
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	1,060× bigger
Smartphone	5.8 in (14.7 cm)	98× bigger
Monarch butterfly	3.9 in (10 cm) long	66.7× bigger
Credit card	3.4 in (8.56 cm) long	57.1× bigger
Apple	3.1 in (8 cm) long	53.3× bigger
Baseball	2.9 in (7.4 cm) across	49.3× bigger
Tennis ball	2.6 in (6.7 cm) across	44.7× bigger
Wolf spider	2.4 in (6 cm) long	40× bigger
Bee hummingbird	2.2 in (5.5 cm) long	36.7× bigger
Golf ball	1.7 in (4.27 cm) across	28.5× bigger
US quarter	0.96 in (2.43 cm) across	16.2× bigger
Honeybee	0.59 in (1.5 cm) long	10× bigger
Ladybug	0.28 in (7 mm) long	4.7× bigger
Grain of rice	0.26 in (6.5 mm) long	4.3× bigger
Ant	0.16 in (4 mm) long	0.098 in (2.5 mm) bigger
Flea	0.098 in (2.5 mm) long	0.039 in (1 mm) bigger
Grain of sand	0.02 in (500 µm) long	3× smaller
Dust mite	0.012 in (300 µm) long	5× smaller
Human hair (width)	70 µm across	21.4× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

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