Is the Burj Khalifa taller than the Eiffel Tower with its antennas?
Yes. The Burj Khalifa, at 828 m, is taller than the Eiffel Tower, at 330 m: about 2.5 times as tall.
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Why it surprises
The Eiffel Tower still looks huge from the ground in Paris, so it is hard to picture how much taller the supertall skyscrapers of today are. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai rises 828 m, its developer’s official height, while the Eiffel Tower reaches about 330 m including the radio antennas added to its top. The Burj Khalifa is therefore about two and a half times as tall: you could stack two Eiffel Towers on top of each other and still fall about 170 m short of its top. Both numbers depend on what is counted. The Eiffel figure includes antennas, while the Burj figure is the full height of the building with its spire; the floors people use end well below that. Here both are compared as complete structures, from the ground to the very top.
Sources for this explanation
- Emaar Properties: emaar.com, checked 25 October 2026
- Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE): toureiffel.paris, checked 25 October 2026
Where the numbers come from
Each value was checked against two independent sources, quoted on its page. Details: Burj Khalifa and Eiffel Tower.
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