How much taller is Angel Falls than the Empire State Building?
Angel Falls measures 979 m (3,212 ft) from the ground up, and the Empire State Building measures 443.2 m (1,454 ft) from the ground up. The Empire State Building would have to grow by 121% to match Angel Falls, which is 2.21 times its height. Take 2 Empire State Buildings stacked up and you reach 886.4 m (2,908 ft), still 92.6 m (303.8 ft) short of Angel Falls; one more would overshoot by 350.6 m (1,150 ft). Angel Falls and the Empire State Building are both written in hundreds of metres, so the 2.21-to-one gap has to be read off the digits rather than off the unit.
| Object | Real size | Axis measured | What the figure covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Falls | 979 m 3,212 ft |
Height | Waterfall |
| Empire State Building | 443.2 m 1,454 ft |
Height | Ground to highest point |
Both figures, Angel Falls and Empire State Building, come from the Size It Up measurement set, one real-world size and one measured axis per object, last checked in September 2026; outline provenance is listed on the sources page.
Why this one is hard to judge by eye
Nothing this size arrives at the eye whole: Angel Falls reaches you as a small angle from wherever you can stand back far enough to see it, and the brain fills the rest in from what it expects, which is how 535.8 m of difference goes unnoticed.
What each figure covers
Angel Falls. The number is the total drop, lip to the base of the cliff. Much of the water never lands as water: it breaks into mist long before it reaches the bottom.
Empire State Building. The 443.2 m reaches the tip of the antenna. To the roof it is 381 m, and that difference is why the building trades places with others depending on which figure a list uses.
Angel Falls and the Empire State Building are both quoted as a height, which is what makes the ratio above a like-for-like figure.
What else is about that size?
Measured the same way, Angel Falls at 979 m sits within two fifths of Burj Khalifa at 828 m, Tokyo Skytree at 634 m and Ben Nevis at 1.34 km. Empire State Building at 443.2 m has One World Trade Center at 541.3 m and Eiffel Tower at 330 m for company, within two fifths. Swapping any of those in for Angel Falls would move its ratio to the Empire State Building by less than 40%.