How long is a blue whale?

Compared with things you know

• About 5.6 times as long as a family car (4.5 m)
• About 2.1 times as long as a city bus (12 m)
• About 36% as long as a Boeing 747 jumbo jet (70 m)

Did you know?

Blue whales are the largest animals known to have lived: adults are typically over 20 m long, and the longest on record was about 30 m.

More sizes

• Humpback whale14.5 m · 47.6 ft long
• Giraffe5.5 m · 18 ft tall
• Great white shark4.6 m · 15.1 ft long
• Saltwater crocodile4.3 m · 14.1 ft long
• White rhinoceros3.7 m · 12.1 ft long
• African elephant3.2 m · 10.5 ft tall at the shoulder

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