Weigh It Up · Landmarks
How heavy is Big Ben bell?
13.7 tweight
The Big Ben bell weighs about 13.7 tonnes.
Enter your height to compare yourself with Big Ben bell.
- 1.14× the city bus (12 t)
- 2.28× the african elephant (6 t)
- 10.5× the family car (1.3 t)
- 196× the adult human (70 kg)
How to picture 13.7 t
Start from something you can see right now. Big Ben bell is about 1.14× city bus. That is exactly the estimate the board asks you to draw: pick a reference, decide the ratio, resize the silhouette.