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Food & Drink

How wide is a pomegranate?

A typical pomegranate is about 10 cm (3.94 in) wide.

What is measured: typical whole fruit, width

Pomegranate (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), Pomegranate (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 Pomegranate

A pomegranate can contain hundreds of juicy seed coverings called arils inside its leathery rind.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Pomegranate”; USDA FoodData Central, “Pomegranates, raw”

Food & Drink

NameSizeCompared with Pomegranate
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)same size
Avocado10 cm (3.94 in)same size
Bell pepper10 cm (3.94 in)same size
Pomegranate10 cm (3.94 in)this page
Soda can12 cm (4.72 in)1.2×
Grapefruit12 cm (4.72 in)1.2×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Pomegranate or Soda can?

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