Which is bigger, Eiffel Tower or Willis Tower?

Willis Tower is somewhat greater than Eiffel Tower on height — about 1.3×. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.

How do Eiffel Towers and Willis Towers compare on area?

Eiffel Tower: 15,630 m². Willis Tower: 416,000 m². Willis Tower is 27× Eiffel Tower on area.

Eiffel Tower vs Willis Tower

Willis Tower is larger on height

Willis Tower is somewhat greater than Eiffel Tower on height — about 1.3×.

Eiffel Tower and Willis Tower 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	Willis Tower
Height	300–330 m	442.1–527 m
Area	15,630 m²	416,000 m²

What the numbers say

Willis Tower is somewhat greater than Eiffel Tower on height — about 1.3×.
Willis Tower is 27× Eiffel Tower on area.

Height compared.

Willis Tower 442.1–527 m

Eiffel Tower 300–330 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.

Willis Tower

A Chicago skyscraper that was the world's tallest building from 1973 to 1998.

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 Willis Tower?: Willis Tower is somewhat greater than Eiffel Tower on height — about 1.3×. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.
How do Eiffel Towers and Willis Towers compare on area?: Eiffel Tower: 15,630 m². Willis Tower: 416,000 m². Willis Tower is 27× Eiffel Tower on area.

Sources

Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked