🦎 Komodo dragon vs Tiger 🐅
The Komodo dragon is a bit bigger than the tiger. The tiger weighs about twice as much as the Komodo dragon.
| Row | 🦎 Komodo dragon | 🐅 Tiger |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the tiger yet. | 9.9 to 12 mph16 to 20 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The tiger weighs about twice as much as the Komodo dragon. | 154 lb70 kg1 | 249 to 375 lb113 to 170 kg2 |
| Lives The Komodo dragon usually lives about twice as long as the tiger. | 30 years30 years1 | 15 years15 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | deer, pigs and dead animals | deer and wild pigs |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | a few islands in Indonesia, including Komodo | forests and grasslands of Asia, from India to the far east of Russia |
Which one? Komodo dragon or tiger
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the tiger yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Komodo dragon, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Register 2010 (tiger delisting petition 90-day finding), checked 30 October 2026.