What does 20 centimetres look like?

20-Centimetre Distance Comparisons

• 20 centimetres is about 1.9 times the diameter of a regulation golf hole.

  Using the source measurement of 10.8 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 1.9 of it.

  Source: International Tennis Federation

• For scale, 20 centimetres is almost exactly the same distance as the short side of an A4 sheet.

  Its published measurement is 21 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• 20 centimetres is about 3 times the short side of a €10 note.

  Using the source measurement of 6.7 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 3 of it.

  Source: European Central Bank

• For scale, 20 centimetres is about 2.3 times the long edge of an ISO ID-1 payment card.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• For scale, 20 centimetres is about 8.2 times the diameter of a 50-cent euro coin.

  Its published measurement is 2.43 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: European Commission

• 20 centimetres is about 8.6 times the diameter of a 1-euro coin.

  Its published measurement is 2.32 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: European Commission

• Measured against the diameter of a 20-cent euro coin, 20 centimetres spans about 9 times that reference.

  Its published measurement is 2.22 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: European Commission

• 20 centimetres is approximately 7.9 inches.

  Using the exact conversion that 1 centimetre equals exactly 0.3937007874 inches, the unrounded result is 7.874 inches.