Lotte World Tower vs CN Tower
Lotte World Tower and CN Tower are the same size to within half a percent.
Stacking one on the other changes nothing — they match.
The comparison in numbers
| Thing | Size | In feet | Measured as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lotte World Tower | 555 m | 1,819 ft | height |
| CN Tower | 553 m | 1,815 ft | height |
What the scale shows
Lotte World Tower and CN Tower are the same size to within half a percent. Both are buildings & towers, so the figures describe the same kind of thing.
Walking pace is 1.4 m/s, so crossing Lotte World Tower's 555 m takes 6.6 minutes and CN Tower's 553 m takes 6.6 minutes.
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What each figure means
The figure for Lotte World Tower is its height (architectural height). The figure for CN Tower is its height (structure height).
Crossing them
In people: Lotte World Tower is 326 adults of 1.7 m tall, CN Tower is 325.5. By size Lotte World Tower is 6th of the 23 buildings & towers on this site and CN Tower is 7th, so 1 place separates them in the ranking.
How to read these two figures
Before trusting any comparison, check what each number measures. The Lotte World Tower is given as a height, architectural height. The CN Tower is given as a height, structure height. Both are height figures, so putting them on one baseline is a like-for-like comparison, although the exact individual or convention still matters.
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.
Where the pair sits among all the sizes here
Across all 86 things on this site, the Lotte World Tower is number 32 from the top and the CN Tower is number 33.
Because the collection spans 13 mm up to 1,392,700 km, a ratio of 107,130,769,231× from smallest to largest, the position of a pair says a lot: the pair sits in the middle of the range rather than at an extreme.
Time to cross each one
A sprinter holding about 10 m/s covers the Lotte World Tower in 55 seconds and the CN Tower in 55 seconds. Sound, at about 343 m/s in air, takes 1.6 seconds for the larger and 1.6 seconds for the smaller. A jet cruising at 900 km/h needs 2.2 seconds and 2.2 seconds.
These times assume a straight line and constant speed, which no real crossing has, but they turn a number in metres into something the body understands. At any fixed speed the travel times keep the same 1× ratio as the sizes.
The same figures in other units
The Lotte World Tower measures 555 m, which is 1,819 ft or 606.4 yards. The CN Tower measures 553 m, which is 1,815 ft.
Questions people ask about this pair
Which is bigger, the Lotte World Tower or the CN Tower?
They match to within half a percent on the figures used here.
Are the two figures measured the same way?
Yes in kind: both are height figures. The Lotte World Tower is architectural height; the CN Tower is structure height.
Where do the numbers come from?
Each item has its own page that names the measurement and links to the Wikipedia article it was taken from. Some figures are rounded, and animals vary from one individual to the next, so treat them as representative values rather than records for every case.
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.