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Dining table light for a dining room under a 2.30 m ceiling

For a dining table light in a dining room: the table top is 1.62 m² (1.8 × 0.9 m), so pick lights giving about 600–900 lm on it (our estimate); 577 models suit under a 2.30 m ceiling.

dining room · table top 1.62 m² · under a 2.30 m ceiling · change
general
2,519–3,778 lm
100–150 lux over 13.6 m²
task
600–900 lm
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accent
504–1,259 lm
20–50 lux over 13.6 m²

Lights for this

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The first 50 are shown, best fit first

The numbers for this situation

  • Area lit1.62 m²table top 1.8 × 0.9 m — the surface, not the room
  • Light level200–300 luxOur estimate — there's no official UK light level for homes
  • Lumens needed600–900 lmlight level × area ÷ 0.54 (walls and ageing take the rest)
  • Models that suit577
  • Price from£34

Worked out, not measured

Where these numbers come from

  • Lumens = light level × area ÷ 0.54 (walls and ageing take the rest); a task uses the area of its surface, not the room. Catalogue filtered by room, task and constraint. Checked against 631 matching lights in our catalogue snapshot of 2026-09-27; 577 can be bought now. Same sums on every page, release families-2026-09-29.

All the numbers

Area (m²)Light level (lux)Lumens fromLumens to
1.62200–300600900

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