How much taller is Christ the Redeemer than an oak tree?

Q: How much taller is Christ the Redeemer than an oak tree?

Christ the Redeemer measures 38 m (124.7 ft) from the ground up, and an oak tree measures 22 m (72.2 ft) from the ground up. An oak tree would have to grow by 73% to match Christ the Redeemer, which is 1.73 times its height. Put the other way round, an oak tree covers 58% of Christ the Redeemer on the axis both are judged on. Christ the Redeemer and an oak tree are both written in tens of metres, and the 73% between them is the whole of the difference.

Christ the Redeemer measures 38 m (124.7 ft) from the ground up, and an oak tree measures 22 m (72.2 ft) from the ground up. An oak tree would have to grow by 73% to match Christ the Redeemer, which is 1.73 times its height. Put the other way round, an oak tree covers 58% of Christ the Redeemer on the axis both are judged on. Christ the Redeemer and an oak tree are both written in tens of metres, and the 73% between them is the whole of the difference.

Christ the RedeemerOak Tree

One scale, one ground line: An oak tree reaches 58% of Christ the Redeemer on the axis each one is judged by, and neither outline has been resized to fill the frame.

Measurements used on this page
Object	Real size	Axis measured	What the figure covers
Christ the Redeemer	38 m 124.7 ft	Height	Ground to highest point
Oak Tree	22 m 72.2 ft	Height	Ground to highest point

Both figures, Christ the Redeemer and Oak Tree, 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

Christ the Redeemer sits in the range with no handy yardstick: too big to hold against anything you have carried, too small to need a horizon, so it and an oak tree end up filed under the same vague heading of very large.

What each figure covers

Christ the Redeemer. The 38 m includes the eight-metre pedestal. The statue alone is thirty metres, which is the figure most often quoted without the qualifier that makes it correct.

Oak Tree. A mature oak is measured to the top of the crown. Individual trees vary enormously, so this is a typical mature specimen rather than a record one.

Christ the Redeemer and an oak tree 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, Christ the Redeemer at 38 m sits within a quarter of Boeing 737 at 39.5 m and Chichen Itza at 30 m. Oak Tree at 22 m has AT-AT Walker at 22.5 m, Mongo at 23 m and Baobab Tree at 20 m for company, within a tenth. Swapping any of those in for Christ the Redeemer would move its ratio to an oak tree by less than 25%.

Try it yourselfChrist the Redeemer against an oak tree has come up once in the daily game. Drag an oak tree until it sits right beside Christ the Redeemer, lock it in, and the real figures appear over your answer.