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Food & Drink

How big is a hamburger?

A hamburger is about 10 cm (3.94 in) across.

What is measured: single burger, bun diameter

Hamburger (10 cm) drawn to scale beside a large coin (2.4 cm) and a smartphone (14.7 cm)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Large coin (2.4 cm), Hamburger (10 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 1.2× the length of a credit card
  • As wide as about 4 large coins side by side
  • About 68% of the height of a smartphone
  • About 26% of the height of a bowling pin
  • About 14× the length of a grain of rice

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Facts about Hamburger

The modern hamburger is named after Hamburg, Germany, where a minced-beef dish known as Hamburg steak was popular.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Hamburger”; Smithsonian Magazine, “Who Invented the Hamburger?”

Food & Drink

NameSizeCompared with Hamburger
Orange8 cm (3.15 in)0.8×
Potato8 cm (3.15 in)0.8×
Beetroot8 cm (3.15 in)0.8×
Onion8 cm (3.15 in)0.8×
Hamburger10 cm (3.94 in)this page
Avocado10 cm (3.94 in)same size
Bell pepper10 cm (3.94 in)same size
Pomegranate10 cm (3.94 in)same size
Soda can12 cm (4.72 in)1.2×
Grapefruit12 cm (4.72 in)1.2×

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Which is bigger: Hamburger or Soda can?

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