Architectural top vs honest height
Abraj Al-Bait (Clock Tower) is marketed at 607m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 494m. The gap between those two numbers is 113.0m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 18.6%.
In the Honest 100,Abraj Al-Bait (Clock Tower) ranks #8 by occupied height.
Observation decks
Moon Tower Observatory
Floor 120 · Indoor
484m
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Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 18.6% places Abraj Al-Bait (Clock Tower) in the significant vanity range. More than one in seven metres of this building's marketed height is structural decoration nobody stands on.
Comparable buildings
In context
Sources and methodology
Height data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA). Vanity Ratio calculated as (Architectural Top - Highest Occupied Floor) / Architectural Top. See the full methodology.
Per-field source notes
- architectural_top_m
- Wikipedia - 607m to crescent finial
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 494m to roof of main hotel tower
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 120F at approximately 494m (Moon Tower observatory zone)
- observation_decks
- Wikipedia - 120F observation deck at 484.4m
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (607-494)/607 = 18.6%
- note
- Building data only - metric analysis. Non-Muslim visitors are restricted from entering Mecca; observation deck not publicly accessible to general tourists.