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How Tall Is a Sunflower?

A sunflower is about 9 ft 10 in (3 m) tall. That is 4 ft 3 in (129 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). A tall sunflower.

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How tall is a sunflower compared to the average man?

A sunflower is 4 ft 3 in (129 cm) taller than the average man (5 ft 7 in). That makes a sunflower 1.8× the size of the average man.

Sunflower height in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A sunflower measures:

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

Sunflower height facts

Garden sunflowers often reach about 3 meters (10 ft).
The record is over 9 meters.

How does a sunflower compare to other things?

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

Thing	Size	Compared to Sunflower
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
Bottlenose dolphin	9 ft 10 in (3 m) long	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.