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title: "How many steps up Eiffel Tower? 674"
description: "674 steps up Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, the average rise per step, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of Eiffel Tower?

**Steps to the top of Eiffel Tower: 674**

Reaching the second floor, at 115 m — the highest point the public can reach on foot · open to climb

The staircase ticket takes you to the second floor and no further: from there to the summit is a lift ride, and there is no public stair access above 115 m. The 674 figure is the count from the ground, of which 328 get you to the first floor. The often-quoted 1,665 steps is the total to the summit including the service stairs nobody may use, and even that number is disputed — 1,710 and 1,792 both circulate, depending on whether the steps inside the summit structure and up to the antenna platform are counted. Climbing is substantially cheaper than the lift and the queue is usually shorter.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 674
- **Reaches:** the second floor, at 115 m — the highest point the public can reach on foot
- **Public access:** Open to climb
- **Where:** Paris, France
- **Height climbed:** 115 m — 377 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 171 mm

## What the climb is like

Roughly 30-45 minutes at a steady pace. Open-tread steps in an open lattice; not for anyone uneasy with heights.

> Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches.

## How it compares

*Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.*

- Washington Monument: 897 steps
- Space Needle: 848 steps
- Ulm Minster: 768 steps
- Eiffel Tower: 674 steps
- Tokyo Tower: 600 steps
- St Peter's Basilica dome: 551 steps
- Cologne Cathedral south tower: 533 steps

*Eiffel Tower ranks 21 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Washington Monument | 897 | the observation level at 152 m — stairs closed to the public | Not climbable by the public |
| Space Needle | 848 | the observation deck at 158 m | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Ulm Minster | 768 | the highest viewing platform at 143 m, in the world's tallest church steeple | Open to climb |
| Eiffel Tower | 674 | the second floor, at 115 m — the highest point the public can reach on foot | Open to climb |
| Tokyo Tower | 600 | the Main Deck at 150 m | Open to climb |
| St Peter's Basilica dome | 551 | the lantern at the top of Michelangelo's dome, at 136 m | Open to climb |
| Cologne Cathedral south tower | 533 | the viewing platform at 97 m, below the spire | Open to climb |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of Eiffel Tower?

674, reaching the second floor, at 115 m — the highest point the public can reach on foot.

### Can the public climb Eiffel Tower?

Open to climb. Roughly 30-45 minutes at a steady pace. Open-tread steps in an open lattice; not for anyone uneasy with heights.

### How high is that climb?

115 m, about 377 ft, which averages 171 mm per step.

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