Ping An Finance Center vs Lotte World Tower
Ping An Finance Center (599 m) is 1.08× the size of Lotte World Tower (555 m).
Lotte World Tower is 93% of the height of Ping An Finance Center. The gap between them is 44.5 m (146 ft).
The comparison in numbers
| Thing | Size | In feet | Measured as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ping An Finance Center | 599 m | 1,965 ft | height |
| Lotte World Tower | 555 m | 1,819 ft | height |
What the scale shows
Ping An Finance Center (599 m) is 1.08× the size of Lotte World Tower (555 m). The gap between them is 44.5 m (146 ft). Both are buildings & towers, so the figures describe the same kind of thing.
Draw both on one baseline and the smaller one fills 93% of the frame while the larger one runs to the top. The two are close enough that the difference is easy to see side by side.
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What each figure means
The figure for Ping An Finance Center is its height (architectural height). The figure for Lotte World Tower is its height (architectural height).
Crossing them
Walking pace is 1.4 m/s, so crossing Ping An Finance Center's 599 m takes 7.1 minutes and Lotte World Tower's 555 m takes 6.6 minutes.
In people: Ping An Finance Center is 352 adults of 1.7 m tall, Lotte World Tower is 326.2. By size Ping An Finance Center is 5th of the 23 buildings & towers on this site and Lotte World Tower is 6th, so 1 place separates them in the ranking.
How to read these two figures
Before trusting any comparison, check what each number measures. The Ping An Finance Center is given as a height, architectural height. The Lotte World Tower is given as a height, architectural 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 Ping An Finance Center is number 31 from the top and the Lotte World Tower is number 32. No other item falls between them, so in this collection they are direct neighbours.
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.
What the length ratio hides
A length ratio of 1.08× is easy to picture, but area and volume grow faster than length. If two objects had exactly the same shape, the Ping An Finance Center would have about 1.17× the surface or footprint of the Lotte World Tower, and about 1.26× the volume. These two are not the same shape, so treat the figures as an upper bound for an imaginary scaled copy, not as a measurement of either one.
The drawing above shows length only. The Lotte World Tower is drawn 93% as tall as the Ping An Finance Center, but the equivalent share of footprint would be only 85.7%, which is why the smaller one looks even slighter than the numbers alone suggest.
Time to cross each one
A sprinter holding about 10 m/s covers the Ping An Finance Center in 60 seconds and the Lotte World Tower in 55 seconds. Sound, at about 343 m/s in air, takes 1.7 seconds for the larger and 1.6 seconds for the smaller. A jet cruising at 900 km/h needs 2.4 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 1.08× ratio as the sizes.
The same figures in other units
The Ping An Finance Center measures 599 m, which is 1,965 ft or 655.1 yards. The Lotte World Tower measures 555 m, which is 1,819 ft.
The difference between them is 44.5 m (146 ft). In metres the smaller one is 554.5 against 599, so the 1.08× ratio holds in every unit; only the numbers on the ruler change.
Questions people ask about this pair
Which is bigger, the Ping An Finance Center or the Lotte World Tower?
The Ping An Finance Center is bigger. At 599 m it is 1.08× the size of the Lotte World Tower, which is 555 m.
How many times does the Lotte World Tower fit along the Ping An Finance Center?
Less than twice: the Lotte World Tower is 93% of the size of the Ping An Finance Center, so one fits with 44.5 m to spare.
Are the two figures measured the same way?
Yes in kind: both are height figures. The Ping An Finance Center is architectural height; the Lotte World Tower is architectural height.
How does the gap look in people?
Taking an adult of 1.7 m, the Ping An Finance Center is about 352 people tall and the Lotte World Tower is about 326.2. The gap of 44.5 m is 26 people.
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.