Stair-climb height calculator
Step counts hide the vertical work; riser height turns them into an actual climb.
Vertical height climbed
175.00m
- Equivalent building floors
- 58.3
- Vertical kilometres
- 0.1750
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- Stair steps climbed = 1000
- Height of each riser = 0.175
- Typical floor-to-floor height = 3
- Vertical height climbed = 1000*0.175 = 175
- Equivalent building floors = 175/3 = 58.3333
- Vertical kilometres = 175/1000 = 0.175
Values are shown to six significant figures here; the arithmetic itself runs on exact fractions and is only rounded where a number is printed.
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The formula
- vertical height = stair count x riser height
Floor heights vary by building; the equivalent-floor result uses your entered floor height.