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How Tall Is a Niagara Falls?

A niagara Falls is about 167 ft (51 m) tall. That is about 30 times the height of the average man. The famous waterfalls on the US-Canada border.

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How tall is a niagara Falls compared to the average man?

A niagara Falls is about 30 times the height of the average man. A niagara Falls is 29.8× the size of the average man: about 30 average men stacked up would match it.

Niagara Falls height facts

Horseshoe Falls, the biggest part of Niagara Falls, drops about 51 meters (167 ft).

How does a niagara Falls compare to other things?

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

Thing	Size	Compared to Niagara Falls
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	27.3 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	250,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	174× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	6.5× bigger
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	196 ft (59.6 m) bigger
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	190 ft (58 m) bigger
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	148 ft (45 m) bigger
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	138 ft (42 m) bigger
General Sherman tree	276 ft (84 m)	108 ft (33 m) bigger
Taj Mahal	240 ft (73 m)	72 ft (22 m) bigger
Airbus A380	239 ft (72.7 m) long	71 ft (21.7 m) bigger
Boeing 747	232 ft (70.7 m) long	65 ft (19.7 m) bigger
Falcon 9	230 ft (70 m)	62 ft (19 m) bigger
Sydney Opera House	213 ft (65 m)	46 ft (14 m) bigger
Space Shuttle	184 ft (56.1 m)	17 ft (5.1 m) bigger
Leaning Tower of Pisa	184 ft (56 m)	16 ft (5 m) bigger
Colosseum	157 ft (48 m)	9 ft 10 in (3 m) smaller
Christ the Redeemer	125 ft (38 m)	43 ft (13 m) smaller
Argentinosaurus	115 ft (35 m) long	52 ft (16 m) smaller
Diplodocus	85 ft (26 m) long	82 ft (25 m) smaller
Blue whale	82 ft (25 m) long	85 ft (26 m) smaller
Hot air balloon	82 ft (25 m)	85 ft (26 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	4.2× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	29.8× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	32.1× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

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