Football: how big is it?
Football is about 22 cm. In everyday terms, that is ≈ 31.4 grains of rice.
- Size
- 22 cm
- In metres
- 2.20 × 10⁻¹ m
- Everyday comparison
- ≈ 31.4 grains of rice
- Chapter
- Small Wonders
Did you know?
A standard size-5 football is about 22 cm across.
How it compares
- About 1.5× bigger than Smartphone (15 cm).
- About 1.8× smaller than Masala dosa (40 cm).
Other things of a similar size
- Bee hummingbird 5.5 cm
- Cricket ball 7.2 cm
- Cutting chai glass 9 cm
- Smartphone 15 cm
- Masala dosa 40 cm
- House cat 46 cm
Sizes are rounded, typical values drawn from standard reference sources, including NIST/CODATA physical constants and NASA's planetary fact sheets. Real objects vary; see About for how sizes are chosen.