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Food & Drink

How wide is a pumpkin?

A typical pumpkin is about 40 cm (1 ft 4 in) wide.

What is measured: Typical medium carving pumpkin, width

Pumpkin (40 cm) drawn to scale beside a bowling pin (38.1 cm) and an adult person (1.7 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Bowling pin (38.1 cm), Pumpkin (40 cm) and Adult person (1.7 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the height of a bowling pin
  • About 2.7× the height of a smartphone
  • About 24% of the height of an adult person
  • About 4.7× the length of a credit card
  • About 20% of the height of a doorway

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Facts about Pumpkin

Pumpkins are fruits botanically, and their orange color is mainly produced by carotenoid pigments.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pumpkin; University of Illinois Extension, Pumpkins

Food & Drink

NameSizeCompared with Pumpkin
Soda can12 cm (4.72 in)0.3×
Coconut15 cm (5.91 in)0.37×
Pancake15 cm (5.91 in)0.37×
Durian25 cm (9.84 in)0.63×
Pizza30 cm (11.8 in)0.75×
Pineapple30 cm (11.8 in)0.75×
Watermelon30 cm (11.8 in)0.75×
Cabbage30 cm (11.8 in)0.75×
Pumpkin40 cm (1 ft 4 in)this page
Parmesan cheese wheel45 cm (1 ft 6 in)1.1×

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Which is bigger: Pumpkin or Pizza?

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