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How big is Ping An Finance Center?

Ping An Finance Center: 599 m (1,965 ft). Measured as height — architectural height.

Ping An Finance Center 599 m next to human adult 1.7 mPing An Finance Center is 599 m and human adult is 1.7 m, drawn on one baseline at the same scale.
Ping An Finance Center 599 m next to human adult 1.7 mPing An Finance Center is 599 m and human adult is 1.7 m, drawn on one baseline at the same scale.

Source: Wikipedia — Ping An Finance Centre

Where it sits

Among the 23 buildings & towers on this page Ping An Finance Center ranks 5th from the top by size. The largest in the group is Burj Khalifa at 828 m, which is 1.38× the size of Ping An Finance Center, while the smallest, Christ the Redeemer, is 30 m.

Stand an adult of 1.7 m beside it and the ratio is 352×: you would need 352 people stacked head to foot to match its size.

In everyday distances

A football pitch is about 105 m long. Ping An Finance Center is 5.7× that, which puts it at 5.7 pitch lengths from end to end.

Walking at an easy 1.4 m/s you cover 599 m in 7.1 minutes. A jet at 900 km/h covers it in 2.4 seconds.

Next to its neighbours in size

The nearest thing larger than it in this collection is Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower at 601 m (1,972 ft), 1× the size. Both figures are the same kind of measurement, so the gap is a fair one.

The nearest thing smaller is Lotte World Tower at 555 m (1,819 ft), so Ping An Finance Center is 1.08× as big as it. They sit in the same group.

Against fixed yardsticks

Against three fixed yardsticks — Ping An Finance Center is 1.82× the size of Eiffel Tower (330 m); Ping An Finance Center is 20× the size of blue whale (29.9 m); Earth (12,742 km) is 21,272× the size of Ping An Finance Center.

How this figure was taken

Building heights depend on the rule used: architectural height counts spires but not antennas, tip height counts everything. The basis is named with each figure.

How the sizes are taken. Each figure says what it measures — height, length, diameter or elevation — and for which individual or convention. Everything is drawn standing upright on one baseline so a single scale holds, including things that are long rather than tall. Values come from the linked Wikipedia article for each item.

Read the rest — common questions

How big is the Ping An Finance Center?

599 m (1,965 ft), measured as height: architectural height.

Where does the Ping An Finance Center rank among buildings & towers?

Number 5 of 23 on this site, from Burj Khalifa at 828 m down to Christ the Redeemer at 30 m.

What is the next size up?

Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower, at 601 m, is 1× the size.

What is the next size down?

Lotte World Tower, at 555 m, is 1.08× smaller.

How reliable is the figure?

It is taken from the cited Wikipedia article and states its basis (architectural height). Values are rounded, and where individuals differ the figure is a representative one, so expect small differences from other sources.

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