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title: "How much does a clothes dryer weigh?"
description: "A clothes dryer weighs 40–80 kg (88.2–176 lb). How that compares to other things, and where the number comes from."
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# How much does a clothes dryer weigh?

**Typical weight: 40–80 kg**

That is 88.2–176 lb.

A heated rotating drum that dries laundry, vented outdoors or condensing internally.

> Full-size electric and gas dryers; lighter than a washer of the same size.

## How that compares

*Clothes dryer against things of a similar mass.*

- Green anaconda: 30–227 kg
- Spotted hyena: 40–86 kg
- Red kangaroo: 18–92 kg
- Reticulated python: 25–160 kg
- Clothes dryer: 40–80 kg
- Mattress: 18–100 kg
- Leopard: 28–90 kg
- Generator: 18–180 kg

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## Common questions

### How much does a clothes dryer weigh?

A clothes dryer weighs 40–80 kg (88.2–176 lb). Full-size electric and gas dryers; lighter than a washer of the same size.

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## Sources

- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place (/about/)