SizerooHow wide is each clock face on Big Ben's tower?
23 ftAbout 7 m · Body-sized
About 23 feet (7 m) across. The minute hands are 14 feet (4.2 m) long.
That's about 4.7 red kangaroos head to toe.
🕰️23 ft
🐨a koala
To scale: Big Ben's clock face is about 10× bigger than a koala.
Things about the same size
- How wide is the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror?21.3 ft
- How long is a blue whale at birth?23 ft
- How tall was the Apollo lunar module?23 ft
- How long is an orca?23 ft
- How far is the NBA three-point line at the top of the arc?23.8 ft
- How wide is a football (soccer) goal?24 ft
- How wide is Picasso's Guernica?25.5 ft
- How far can a red kangaroo go in one hop?26.2 ft
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].