What is Mount Everest's height to the nearest meter?

Mount Everest's height to the nearest metre is 8,849 metres. The current jointly recognised elevation is 8,848.86 metres above sea level, which rounds to 8,849.

Nepal and China announced that measurement on 8 December 2020 after coordinating modern surveys of the summit. The figure includes the snow and ice cap, rather than measuring only the underlying rock. Earlier figures varied: Nepal and many international references used 8,848 metres, while a 2005 Chinese survey measured the rock summit at 8,844.43 metres.

Everest is known locally as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet. The mountain sits on the China-Nepal border in the Mahalangur Himal range. The distractor values are actually elevations associated with other famous Himalayan peaks: Lhotse is 8,516 metres, Kangchenjunga is 8,586 metres and K2 is 8,611 metres.