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Food & Drink

How wide is a strawberry?

A typical strawberry is about 5 cm (1.97 in) wide.

What is measured: typical ripe berry, widest point

Strawberry (5 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), Strawberry (5 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

  • As wide as about 2 large coins side by side
  • About 58% of the length of a credit card
  • About 2 would fit end to end along a smartphone
  • About 7.1× the length of a grain of rice
  • About 13% of the height of a bowling pin

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Facts about Strawberry

The tiny objects on a strawberry’s surface are individual fruits called achenes, each containing a seed.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Strawberry”; Royal Horticultural Society, “Strawberries”

Food & Drink

NameSizeCompared with Strawberry
Strawberry5 cm (1.97 in)this page
Chicken egg6 cm (2.36 in)1.2×
Garlic bulb6 cm (2.36 in)1.2×
Lemon7 cm (2.76 in)1.4×
Tomato7 cm (2.76 in)1.4×
Kiwi fruit7 cm (2.76 in)1.4×
Peach7 cm (2.76 in)1.4×
Orange8 cm (3.15 in)1.6×
Potato8 cm (3.15 in)1.6×
Beetroot8 cm (3.15 in)1.6×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Strawberry or Chicken egg?

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