Food & Drink
How big is a pizza?
A typical pizza is about 30 cm (11.8 in) across.
What is measured: medium round pizza, diameter
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How big is that, really?
- About 79% of the height of a bowling pin
- About 2× the height of a smartphone
- About 3.5× the length of a credit card
- As wide as about 13 large coins side by side
- About 18% of the height of an adult person
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Facts about Pizza
Neapolitan pizza-making was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017.
Source: UNESCO, “The Art of Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Pizza”
Food & Drink
Compared with other foods and drinks
| Name | Size | Compared with Pizza |
|---|---|---|
| Soda can | 12 cm (4.72 in) | 0.4× |
| Coconut | 15 cm (5.91 in) | 0.5× |
| Pancake | 15 cm (5.91 in) | 0.5× |
| Durian | 25 cm (9.84 in) | 0.83× |
| Pizza | 30 cm (11.8 in) | this page |
| Pineapple | 30 cm (11.8 in) | same size |
| Watermelon | 30 cm (11.8 in) | same size |
| Cabbage | 30 cm (11.8 in) | same size |
| Pumpkin | 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) | 1.3× |
| Parmesan cheese wheel | 45 cm (1 ft 6 in) | 1.5× |
Test your sense of scale
Which is bigger: Pizza or Durian?
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