How wide is a 27 inch monitor?

The active area of a 27 inch monitor is 59.8 cm wide and 33.6 cm tall — 23.5 in by 13.2 in. With bezels the body is about 61.4 cm wide, which is the figure to measure your space against.

How tall is a 27 inch monitor on its stand?

About 45.2 cm from the desk to the top of the panel: 36.2 cm of body on 9 cm of stand. Both are estimates from the size band — check the model’s spec sheet.

Will a 27 inch monitor fit a 120 cm × 60 cm desk?

Yes. Standard desk is 120 cm × 60 cm, and a 27 inch monitor uses 51 % of its width, leaving 58.6 cm spare.

Dimensions

27 inch monitor dimensions

A 27 inch monitor measures 59.8 cm × 33.6 cm of active area — 23.5 in by 13.2 in — and about 61.4 cm wide including its bezels. Below it is drawn to scale on a 140 cm desk, measured against real spaces, and compared with the sizes either side of it.

Try it on your desk

The 27 inch is the size most people end up buying, and the one most often bought without measuring. Two things are worth knowing before the tables below.

The bezel is not decoration in this calculation. A 27 inch panel is 59.8 cm of picture, but the thing you have to fit on the desk is about 61.4 cm wide, and that 1.6 cm is what decides whether two of them sit side by side on a 120 cm desk. Every fit figure on this page uses the body, not the picture.

Height matters more than width on a shallow desk. A 27 inch on its own stand puts the top of the panel roughly 47 cm above the surface. If you sit closer than about 60 cm, that is a screen you look up at across its top third — which is a neck problem rather than a fit problem, and the reason the calculator asks how far back you sit rather than only how wide the desk is.

On a 140 cm desk

Exact size

Active area, body size and height on the stand, by aspect ratio
Aspect	Active area	Active area (in)	Body, approx.	Height on its stand
16:9	59.8 cm × 33.6 cm	23.5 in × 13.2 in	61.4 cm × 36.2 cm	45.2 cm
16:10	58.2 cm × 36.3 cm	22.9 in × 14.3 in	59.8 cm × 38.9 cm	47.9 cm

Active areas are exact for the aspect ratio. Body sizes and stand heights are approximate — check the model’s spec sheet.

Does it fit your desk?

Whether this size fits each standard space, and by how much
Space	Size	Fits?	Detail
Compact desk	100 cm × 50 cm	Fits	61% of the width, 38.6 cm spare
Standard desk	120 cm × 60 cm	Fits	51% of the width, 58.6 cm spare
Large desk	140 cm × 70 cm	Fits	44% of the width, 78.6 cm spare
Deep desk	160 cm × 80 cm	Fits	38% of the width, 98.6 cm spare

How far back to sit

Comfortable viewing distance for a 27 inch monitor, by what it is used for
Used for	Sit	In feet	Field of view
Work / productivity	0.6 m – 0.8 m	1 ft 10 in – 2 ft 7 in	42–56°
Coding	0.6 m – 0.8 m	1 ft 11 in – 2 ft 7 in	42–54°
Design	0.5 m – 0.7 m	1 ft 9 in – 2 ft 5 in	44–58°
Gaming	0.5 m – 0.7 m	1 ft 7 in – 2 ft 2 in	48–64°
Movies	0.5 m – 0.6 m	1 ft 6 in – 2 ft 1 in	50–66°
Mixed	0.5 m – 0.7 m	1 ft 8 in – 2 ft 4 in	45–61°

Measured from your eyes to the face of the screen, for a 27 inch 16:9 monitor 59.8 cm wide. A wider target field of view means sitting closer, not further away.

The sizes either side

The sizes either side, and how much bigger or smaller they are
Size	Active width	Width	Screen area
25"	55.3 cm	−7%	−14%
28"	62 cm	+4%	+8%

Compared with a 27" 16:9 panel. Area grows roughly as the square of the diagonal, which is why a step up is always a bigger jump than it sounds.

Common questions

How wide is a 27 inch monitor?: The active area of a 27 inch monitor is 59.8 cm wide and 33.6 cm tall — 23.5 in by 13.2 in. With bezels the body is about 61.4 cm wide, which is the figure to measure your space against.
How tall is a 27 inch monitor on its stand?: About 45.2 cm from the desk to the top of the panel: 36.2 cm of body on 9 cm of stand. Both are estimates from the size band — check the model’s spec sheet.
Will a 27 inch monitor fit a 120 cm × 60 cm desk?: Yes. Standard desk is 120 cm × 60 cm, and a 27 inch monitor uses 51 % of its width, leaving 58.6 cm spare.