How much does a city bus weigh?
12,000 kg26,500 lb · 12 tonnesWhich one: 40 ft bus, empty
A city bus weighs about 12,000 kg (26,500 lb).
Typical empty weights for common vehicles. Source for this figure: New Flyer Xcelsior (Wikipedia).
How heavy is that?
- A city bus weighs about as much as 8.6 cars.
- A city bus weighs about as much as 400 Labradors.
- A city bus weighs about as much as 58,000 smartphones.
- It takes about 13 city buses to balance a blue whale.
- It takes about 840 city buses to balance the Eiffel Tower.
About the same weight
More vehicles
- Sports car 1,520 kg
- Pickup truck 2,240 kg
- Tractor 8,900 kg
- Loaded semi truck 36,300 kg
- Boeing 737 41,400 kg
- International Space Station 420 tonnes
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