Apple Watch: Status bar height

So. I've measured them.

38mm - 19pt (38px)

42mm - 21pt (42px)

The technique was to set up the white background and measure the distance from the top edge to the begining of white content. Hope it will be useful to someone.


According to Apple employee's official answer on their forum:

19pt (38px) on 38mm watch 21pt (42px) on 42mm watch

Very easy to remember actually...


Status bar height for Watch series 4 or later:

  • 44mm: height = 31pt (62px)
  • 40mm: height = 28pt (56px)

Why the big difference from series 1-3? Because the status bar has to take into account the rounded corner radius.