Do you weigh more on land than you would on a mountain?

Answer 1

-- First of all, I always had the impression that mountains are on land,

at least those that you can stand on. Be that as it may, however . . .

-- Technically, you would weigh slightly less on a mountaintop than you do

when you're on the flats, because on the mountain, you're farther from the

Earth's effective center of mass.

But you'd need some pretty good equipment to measure it. I worked it out once

for a person on an airliner cruising at 35,000 feet ... roughly a mile higher than

the highest mountaintop on Earth.

Compared to his weight at sea level, he weighs about 0.33 percent less when he's

up at 35,000 feet. For a 200-pound man, that's a difference of about 10.6 ounces.

Answer 2

No, your weight remains the same regardless of where you are. However, your weight can feel slightly different due to variations in gravity, such as being slightly lower on a mountain due to the distance from the center of the Earth.