Edward is 17 years old in Twilight in terms of his physical age, but about 104 years old if you count from his birth date.

Quick Scoop

  • Edward Cullen was born on June 20, 1901.
  • He was turned into a vampire at age 17 during the 1918 Spanish influenza outbreak.
  • By the time of the first Twilight book/movie (set in the early 2000s), he has been 17 for roughly a century, making him about 104 years old chronologically.

So when people ask “how old was Edward in Twilight” , the in-universe answer is:

  • “17” if you mean how old he looks and how old he’s pretending to be at school.
  • “About 104” if you mean how long he’s actually been alive.

In the story, the running joke is that he’s a forever-teenager who’s been stuck in high school for decades, which is part of why the age-gap discourse around Twilight is still a popular forum and fandom topic today.

TL;DR: Edward is a 17-year-old vampire who has been 17 for about 100 years by the time Twilight begins.

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