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Eiffel Tower vs Gateway Arch

Eiffel Tower vs Gateway Arch
Gateway Arch is larger on weight
Gateway Arch is 1.5× Eiffel Tower on weight.

Eiffel Tower and Gateway Arch can be compared on 3 measures. The figures below are typical adult or full-size values, with the larger of the two in bold.

Side by side

Larger value in bold. Ranges reflect genuine variation, not uncertainty.
Eiffel Tower Gateway Arch
Weight 10,100 t 15,650 t
Height 300–330 m 192 m
Width 125 m 192 m

What the numbers say

  • Gateway Arch is 1.5× Eiffel Tower on weight.
  • Eiffel Tower is 1.7× Gateway Arch on height.
  • Gateway Arch is 1.5× Eiffel Tower on width.

Weight compared.

Gateway Arch 15,650 t
Eiffel Tower 10,100 t

Eiffel Tower

A wrought-iron lattice tower built in Paris for the 1889 World's Fair, and the world's tallest structure until 1930.

Gateway Arch

A stainless steel catenary arch in St Louis, the tallest arch and the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere.

This is a comparison of published measurements, nothing more. It describes how two things differ on measures that have been recorded; it does not predict how they would fare against each other in any situation.

Common questions

Which is bigger, Eiffel Tower or Gateway Arch?
Gateway Arch is 1.5× Eiffel Tower on weight. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.
How do Eiffel Towers and Gateway Archs compare on height?
Eiffel Tower: 300–330 m. Gateway Arch: 192 m. Eiffel Tower is 1.7× Gateway Arch on height.
How do Eiffel Towers and Gateway Archs compare on width?
Eiffel Tower: 125 m. Gateway Arch: 192 m. Gateway Arch is 1.5× Eiffel Tower on width.

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Sources

  1. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked