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One World Trade Center vs Willis Tower

One World Trade Center vs Willis Tower
One World Trade Center is larger on height
One World Trade Center is somewhat greater than Willis Tower on height — about 1.2×.

One World Trade Center 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.
One World Trade Center Willis Tower
Height 417–541.3 m 442.1–527 m
Area 325,300 m² 416,000 m²

What the numbers say

  • One World Trade Center is somewhat greater than Willis Tower on height — about 1.2×.
  • Willis Tower is somewhat greater than One World Trade Center on area — about 1.3×.

Height compared.

One World Trade Center 417–541.3 m
Willis Tower 442.1–527 m

One World Trade Center

The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, completed in 2014 on the site of the original World Trade Center.

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, One World Trade Center or Willis Tower?
One World Trade Center is somewhat greater than Willis Tower on height — about 1.2×. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.
How do One World Trade Centers and Willis Towers compare on area?
One World Trade Center: 325,300 m². Willis Tower: 416,000 m². Willis Tower is somewhat greater than One World Trade Center on area — about 1.3×.

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Sources

  1. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked