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How Tall Is the Taj Mahal?

The Taj Mahal is about 240 ft (73 m) tall. That is about 43 times the height of the average man. A white marble mausoleum in Agra, India.

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How tall is the Taj Mahal compared to the average man?

The Taj Mahal is about 43 times the height of the average man. The Taj Mahal is 42.7× the size of the average man: about 43 average men stacked up would match it.

Taj Mahal height facts

The Taj Mahal is about 73 meters (240 ft) tall.

How does the Taj Mahal compare to other things?

The Taj Mahal next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Taj Mahal
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	19.1 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	175,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	121× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	4.5× bigger
Great Pyramid of Giza	454 ft (139 m)	215 ft (65.5 m) bigger
London Eye	443 ft (135 m)	203 ft (62 m) bigger
Starship	397 ft (121 m)	157 ft (48 m) bigger
Hyperion (tallest tree)	381 ft (116 m)	141 ft (43 m) bigger
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	123 ft (37.6 m) bigger
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	118 ft (36 m) bigger
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	75 ft (23 m) bigger
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	66 ft (20 m) bigger
General Sherman tree	276 ft (84 m)	36 ft (11 m) bigger
Airbus A380	239 ft (72.7 m) long	12 in (30 cm) smaller
Boeing 747	232 ft (70.7 m) long	7 ft 7 in (230 cm) smaller
Falcon 9	230 ft (70 m)	9 ft 10 in (3 m) smaller
Sydney Opera House	213 ft (65 m)	26 ft (8 m) smaller
Space Shuttle	184 ft (56.1 m)	55 ft (16.9 m) smaller
Leaning Tower of Pisa	184 ft (56 m)	56 ft (17 m) smaller
Niagara Falls	167 ft (51 m)	72 ft (22 m) smaller
Colosseum	157 ft (48 m)	82 ft (25 m) smaller
Christ the Redeemer	125 ft (38 m)	115 ft (35 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	6× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	42.7× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	45.9× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

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