Standing Desk Height Calculator
Free standing desk height calculator. Work out ideal sitting and standing desk heights, elbow heights and monitor placement from your body height with ergonomic ratios. Results in cm and inches, fully in-browser.
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What is Standing Desk Height Calculator?
The Standing Desk Height Calculator turns your body height into the ergonomic numbers for a complete workstation: standing and sitting desk surface heights, elbow heights for keyboard placement, and eye heights for monitor positioning, in centimetres and inches. It uses classic anthropometric ratios and drops the desk surface below the elbow so forearms rest at a neutral angle, with plain-language guidance for monitor, keyboard and wrist placement.
Key Benefits
- Both sitting and standing heights from one input
- Elbow and eye heights for keyboard and monitor placement
- Results in centimetres and inches for any desk brand
- Plain-language guidance instead of abstract ratios
- Instant recalculation for shared or hot-desk workspaces
Common Use Cases
- •Setting up a new sit-stand desk for the first time
- •Sharing one workstation between family members of different heights
- •Fixing neck and wrist strain from a poorly positioned monitor
- •Specifying ergonomic desks for a whole office by height
- •Checking whether a desk is adjustable enough before buying
How to Set Up an Ergonomic Desk
- Enter your height: Type your height in centimetres. The calculator derives elbow and eye heights for both sitting and standing postures.
- Set the desk surfaces: Adjust your desk to the recommended standing or sitting height, so your elbows hang at 90 to 110 degrees with wrists straight.
- Place the monitor: Position the screen so its top edge sits at or just below your eye height, about an arm away, then fine-tune for comfort.
Key Features
- Standing and sitting desk surface heights in cm and inches
- Standing and seated elbow heights for keyboard placement
- Standing and seated eye heights for monitor placement
- Plain-language setup guidance for monitor, keyboard and wrists
- Instant recalculation from a single height input