Which is bigger, Eiffel Tower or St Peter's Basilica?

Eiffel Tower is 2.4× St Peter's Basilica on height. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.

How do Eiffel Towers and St Peter's Basilicas compare on area?

Eiffel Tower: 15,630 m². St Peter's Basilica: 15,160 m². Eiffel Tower and St Peter's Basilica are near enough identical on area.

Eiffel Tower vs St Peter's Basilica

Eiffel Tower is larger on height

Eiffel Tower is 2.4× St Peter's Basilica on height.

Eiffel Tower and St Peter's Basilica can be compared on 2 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	St Peter's Basilica
Height	300–330 m	136.6 m
Area	15,630 m²	15,160 m²

What the numbers say

Eiffel Tower is 2.4× St Peter's Basilica on height.
Eiffel Tower and St Peter's Basilica are near enough identical on area.

Height compared.

Eiffel Tower 300–330 m

St Peter's Basilica 136.6 m

Eiffel Tower

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

St Peter's Basilica

The Renaissance church at the centre of Vatican City, the largest church interior in the world.

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 St Peter's Basilica?: Eiffel Tower is 2.4× St Peter's Basilica on height. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.
How do Eiffel Towers and St Peter's Basilicas compare on area?: Eiffel Tower: 15,630 m². St Peter's Basilica: 15,160 m². Eiffel Tower and St Peter's Basilica are near enough identical on area.

Sources

Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked