Enter your height and see it against the heights you walk past every day — an average man and woman, your front door, the ceiling, a fridge and a basketball hoop.
| Thing | Height | In cm |
|---|---|---|
| Average woman (world) | 5 ft 3.5 in | 161 cm |
| Average man (world) | 5 ft 7.5 in | 171 cm |
| Standard door | 6 ft 8 in (80 in) | 203 cm |
| Tall fridge | about 5 ft 10 in (70 in) | 178 cm |
| Typical ceiling | 8 ft (96 in) | 244 cm |
| Basketball hoop | 10 ft (120 in) | 305 cm |
| Giraffe (full grown) | 16-18 ft | 490-550 cm |
Heights in feet and inches convert with the feet to inches converter, and door and room sizes connect to our visual size guides.
Worldwide, about 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm) for men and 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm) for women. Averages vary by country by several inches.
80 inches — 6 ft 8 in, or 203 cm — is the standard interior and exterior door height in most homes.
At 10 ft, a basketball hoop is 120 inches — nearly double an average adult. You would need to stack about 1.7 average men to reach the rim.
It is right at the world average for men. In the US and northern Europe the average is a little higher (about 5 ft 9 in), in much of Asia and Latin America a little lower.