Loading the chart…

How Big Is a Triceratops?

A triceratops is about 28 ft (8.5 m) long. That is about 5 times as long as the average man is tall. The three-horned dinosaur with a big bony frill.

Pinch or scroll to zoom · drag to pan · tap anything to fly to it

Chart title (for saved images)

Arrange

Order Spacing

Display

Units

Labels Background Height lines

How big is a triceratops compared to the average man?

A triceratops is about 5 times as long as the average man is tall. A triceratops is 5× the size of the average man: about 5 average men lined up would match it. By volume, about 143 average men would fit inside a triceratops.

Triceratops length in feet, inches, centimeters and meters

A triceratops measures:

Unit	Value
Feet and inches	27 ft 11 in
Inches	335 in
Centimeters	850 cm
Meters	8.5 m

Triceratops size facts

Triceratops was about 8 to 9 meters long.
Its skull alone could be over 2 meters long, among the largest of any land animal.

How does a triceratops compare to other things?

A triceratops next to 24 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Triceratops
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	164 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	1.5 million× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	1,040× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	38.8× bigger
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	12 ft (3.7 m) bigger
Whale shark	39 ft (12 m) long	11 ft (3.5 m) bigger
Giant squid	39 ft (12 m) long	11 ft (3.5 m) bigger
Fire truck	39 ft (12 m) long	11 ft (3.5 m) bigger
Iguanodon	33 ft (10 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) bigger
Therizinosaurus	33 ft (10 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) bigger
Allosaurus	31 ft (9.5 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Parasaurolophus	31 ft (9.5 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) bigger
Stegosaurus	30 ft (9 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) bigger
Basking shark	26 ft (8 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) smaller
Carnotaurus	26 ft (8 m) long	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) smaller
Two-story house	26 ft (8 m)	1 ft 7.5 in (50 cm) smaller
Orca	25 ft (7.5 m) long	3 ft 3 in (100 cm) smaller
Stonehenge	24 ft (7.3 m)	3 ft 11 in (120 cm) smaller
Ankylosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) smaller
Dilophosaurus	23 ft (7 m) long	4 ft 11 in (150 cm) smaller
Pteranodon	20 ft (6 m) long	8 ft 2 in (250 cm) smaller
Pickup truck	19 ft (5.9 m) long	8 ft 6 in (260 cm) smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	5× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	5.3× 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: Triceratops by Itai Fein. See credits.