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Skyline Ranking

This listing ranks cities by the visual impact of their skylines. It is drawn entirely from statistics in this website's database, and reflects only completed high-rise buildings as defined by the Emporis Standards Committee (ESC). This calculation does not include TV towers, masts, bridges, or other structures.

About the formula: Each building is assigned points based on its floor count (see the table to the right). The point total for each city is calculated automatically and displayed.

 Points per Building
12..19 floors = 1 point
20..29 floors = 5 points
30..39 floors = 25 points
40..49 floors = 50 points
50..59 floors = 100 points
60..69 floors = 200 points
70..79 floors = 300 points
80..89 floors = 400 points
90..99 floors = 500 points
100+ floors = 600 points

Place   City Population Area Buildings² Points³
1. Hong Kong 6,943,600 1,053 km² 7,685 128,575
2. New York City 8,391,881 800 km² 5,919 39,786
3. Chicago 2,853,114 589 km² 1,124 19,411
4. Singapore 4,351,400 710 km² 4,366 18,870
5. São Paulo 10,990,249 1,523 km² 5,667 17,230
6. Seoul 10,331,244 616 km² 2,877 16,880
7. Shanghai 9,145,711 6,639 km² 990 14,847
8. Dubai 1,954,000 3,885 km² 564 14,831
9. Bangkok 7,587,882 1,569 km² 786 13,483
10. Tokyo 8,653,000 621 km² 2,702 13,376
11. Guangzhou 6,560,500 7,434 km² 503 11,589
12. Moscow 10,443,000 1,081 km² 3,267 10,721
13. Toronto 2,503,281 630 km² 1,849 9,226
14. Chongqing 6,300,000 82,403 km² 538 7,849
15. Shenzhen 1,245,000 2,020 km² 357 7,325
16. Beijing 7,746,519 16,808 km² 899 6,607
17. Kuala Lumpur 1,800,674 244 km² 548 6,543
18. Rio de Janeiro 6,093,472 1,182 km² 2,564 5,784
19. Mumbai 11,914,398 621 km² 1,216 5,603
20. Macao 453,733 21 km² 564 5,211
21. Osaka 2,598,589 220 km² 1,463 5,178
22. Buenos Aires 2,965,403 200 km² 1,709 4,983
23. Jakarta 9,341,400 661 km² 388 4,901
24. Recife 1,533,580 217 km² 1,103 4,856
25. Miami 413,201 92 km² 295 4,787
26. Sydney 4,201,500 12,144 km² 844 4,524
27. Panama City 708,738 2,561 km² 189 4,263
28. Melbourne 3,559,700 7,694 km² 555 4,255
29. Wuhan 4,550,000 8,494 km² 479 4,117
30. Istanbul 10,121,565 1,991 km² 2,148 3,997
31. Houston 2,242,193 1,398 km² 360 3,768
32. Vancouver 613,094 115 km² 631 3,687
33. Honolulu 374,676 266 km² 439 3,656
34. Mexico City 8,720,916 1,487 km² 1,365 3,166
35. London 7,556,900 1,579 km² 1,479 3,164
36. Gold Coast City 418,438 1,402 km² 279 3,146
37. Curitiba 1,797,408 435 km² 815 2,962
38. Los Angeles 3,833,995 1,216 km² 505 2,959
39. Atlanta 537,958 341 km² 231 2,834
40. Caracas 2,762,259 1,930 km² 1,109 2,715
41. Makati 484,176 27 km² 138 2,671
42. Tianjin 5,803,622 11,920 km² 289 2,544
43. Las Vegas 558,383 340 km² 135 2,508
44. San Francisco 815,358 121 km² 417 2,498
45. Dallas 1,279,910 887 km² 246 2,450
46. Busan 3,655,349 528 km² 87 2,434
47. Paris 2,203,817 105 km² 682 2,398
48. Santiago 4,946,345 2,325 km² 1,094 2,314
49. Nanjing 3,454,000 6,516 km² 77 2,314
50. Philadelphia 1,547,297 350 km² 330 2,303
51. Xiamen 1,370,000 1,565 km² 257 2,260
52. Kyiv 2,819,566 800 km² 1,531 2,251
53. St. Petersburg 4,571,200 1,431 km² 1,649 2,240
54. Seattle 598,541 229 km² 223 1,977
55. Dalian 2,980,513 13,238 km² 136 1,953
56. Calgary 1,042,892 727 km² 260 1,920
57. Fortaleza 2,431,415 313 km² 583 1,907
58. Montréal 1,620,693 365 km² 475 1,808
59. Benidorm 67,627 39 km² 390 1,760
60. Boston 620,535 125 km² 236 1,755
61. Madrid 3,128,600 606 km² 1,127 1,721
62. Brisbane 1,733,200 1,327 km² 249 1,721
63. Salvador 2,892,625 707 km² 548 1,644
64. Yokohama 3,426,506 437 km² 212 1,500
65. Qingdao 2,640,000 10,654 km² 110 1,467
66. Taipei 2,719,293 272 km² 168 1,459
67. Penang Island 1,030,000 1,046 km² 158 1,408
68. Shenyang 4,649,490 12,942 km² 171 1,394
69. Chengdu 3,347,433 12,300 km² 137 1,375
70. Kaohsiung 1,720,400 154 km² 89 1,371
71. Doha 438,230 -- 141 1,330
72. Denver 600,158 400 km² 204 1,309
73. Tel Aviv - Yaffo 371,400 52 km² 266 1,300
74. Campinas 1,039,297 796 km² 931 1,291
75. Frankfurt am Main 670,095 248 km² 284 1,279
76. Minneapolis 382,605 142 km² 192 1,274
77. Sharjah 845,000 2,600 km² 94 1,262
78. Belo Horizonte 2,412,937 331 km² 515 1,250
79. Hangzhou 2,305,741 1,684 km² 164 1,228
80. Cairo 7,947,121 215 km² 141 1,219
81. Sunny Isles Beach 15,315 3 km² 57 1,144
82. Bogotá 6,776,009 384 km² 346 1,121
83. Balneário Camboriú 94,344 46 km² 252 1,092
84. Rotterdam 584,493 208 km² 303 1,078
85. Xian 3,849,000 9,983 km² 147 1,041
86. Pittsburgh 310,037 144 km² 131 1,009
87. Mandaluyong 286,870 -- 17 1,006
88. Detroit 912,062 359 km² 170 1,003
89. Abu Dhabi 605,000 67 km² 140 997
90. Yekaterinburg 1,315,000 495 km² 777 990
91. Mississauga 668,549 289 km² 227 955
92. Johannesburg 3,888,180 1,644 km² 300 950
93. Porto Alegre 1,420,667 497 km² 674 942
94. Harbin 3,433,629 7,086 km² 127 939
95. Jersey City 241,114 39 km² 97 934
96. Londrina 497,833 1,651 km² 429 893
97. Minsk 1,781,000 305 km² 808 884
98. Goiânia 1,244,645 739 km² 314 881
99. Santos 418,288 280 km² 603 870
100. San Diego 1,305,754 839 km² 149 869

²=Completed high-rise buildings; ³=Points based on the Skyline Ranking calculation

Last update: 5/2011.

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