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. The point total for each city is calculated automatically and displayed.

#	City	Population	Area size	Number of buildings	Number of points
1	Hong Kong	6,943,600	1,053 mi²	7,688	128,635
2	New York City	8,175,133	800 mi²	5,966	40,328
3	Chicago	2,695,598	589 mi²	1,127	19,515
4	Singapore	4,351,400	710 mi²	4,380	19,457
5	Seoul	10,331,244	616 mi²	2,888	17,500
6	São Paulo	10,990,249	1,523 mi²	5,672	17,255
7	Dubai	1,954,000	3,885 mi²	605	16,983
8	Shanghai	9,145,711	6,639 mi²	1,000	15,697
9	Bangkok	7,587,882	1,569 mi²	811	14,070
10	Tokyo	8,653,000	621 mi²	2,704	13,431
11	Guangzhou	6,560,500	7,434 mi²	508	11,724
12	Moscow	10,443,000	1,081 mi²	3,453	11,594
13	Toronto	2,503,281	630 mi²	1,886	9,638
14	Shenzhen	1,245,000	2,020 mi²	362	8,280
15	Chongqing	6,300,000	82,403 mi²	540	8,149
16	Kuala Lumpur	1,800,674	244 mi²	552	6,768
17	Beijing	7,746,519	16,808 mi²	902	6,667
18	Panama City	708,738	2,561 mi²	206	6,568
19	Rio de Janeiro	6,093,472	1,182 mi²	2,564	5,784
20	Mumbai	12,478,447	621 mi²	1,225	5,694
21	Macao	453,733	21 mi²	564	5,211
22	Osaka	2,598,589	220 mi²	1,465	5,208
23	Jakarta	9,341,400	661 mi²	392	5,056
24	Buenos Aires	2,965,403	200 mi²	1,709	4,983
25	Istanbul	10,121,565	1,991 mi²	2,221	4,925
26	Recife	1,533,580	217 mi²	1,104	4,881
27	Miami	399,457	92 mi²	298	4,794
28	Sydney	4,201,500	12,144 mi²	849	4,604
29	Melbourne	3,559,700	7,694 mi²	557	4,310
30	Busan	3,655,349	528 mi²	95	4,184
31	Wuhan	4,550,000	8,494 mi²	479	4,117
32	Vancouver	613,094	115 mi²	635	3,787
33	Houston	2,099,451	1,398 mi²	358	3,763
34	Honolulu	374,676	266 mi²	439	3,656
35	Gold Coast City	418,438	1,402 mi²	283	3,301
36	London	7,556,900	1,579 mi²	1,490	3,181
37	Mexico City	8,720,916	1,487 mi²	1,365	3,165
38	Curitiba	1,797,408	435 mi²	843	3,118
39	Los Angeles	3,792,621	1,216 mi²	505	2,959
40	Tianjin	5,803,622	11,920 mi²	290	2,844
41	Atlanta	537,958	341 mi²	231	2,834
42	Abu Dhabi	605,000	67 mi²	153	2,802
43	Caracas	2,762,259	1,930 mi²	1,109	2,715
44	Makati	484,176	27 mi²	138	2,671
45	Las Vegas	583,756	340 mi²	138	2,614
46	St. Petersburg	4,879,566	1,431 mi²	1,821	2,584
47	Nanjing	3,454,000	6,516 mi²	80	2,564
48	San Francisco	805,235	121 mi²	417	2,498
49	Dallas	1,197,816	887 mi²	246	2,450
50	Paris	2,203,817	105 mi²	684	2,400
51	Santiago	4,946,345	2,325 mi²	1,094	2,314
52	Philadelphia	1,526,006	350 mi²	330	2,303
53	Dalian	2,980,513	13,238 mi²	141	2,303
54	Kyiv	2,819,566	800 mi²	1,532	2,301
55	Xiamen	1,370,000	1,565 mi²	257	2,260
56	Doha	438,230	0 mi²	154	2,120
57	Calgary	1,042,892	726 mi²	262	2,045
58	Seattle	608,660	229 mi²	222	1,972
59	Fortaleza	2,431,415	313 mi²	583	1,907
60	Brisbane	1,733,200	1,327 mi²	254	1,848
61	Incheon	2,590,863	964 mi²	35	1,831
62	Montréal	1,620,693	365 mi²	475	1,808
63	Boston	617,594	125 mi²	239	1,786
64	Benidorm	67,627	38 mi²	390	1,760
65	Madrid	3,128,600	606 mi²	1,128	1,726
66	Salvador	2,892,625	707 mi²	548	1,644
67	Qingdao	2,640,000	10,654 mi²	112	1,592
68	Penang Island	1,030,000	1,046 mi²	163	1,583
69	Chengdu	3,347,433	12,300 mi²	142	1,550
70	Yokohama	3,426,506	437 mi²	212	1,500
71	Taipei	2,719,293	272 mi²	168	1,459
72	Frankfurt am Main	670,095	248 mi²	287	1,454
73	Sharjah	845,000	2,600 mi²	97	1,417
74	Shenyang	4,649,490	12,942 mi²	171	1,394
75	Kaohsiung	1,720,400	154 mi²	89	1,371
76	Hangzhou	2,305,741	1,684 mi²	166	1,353
77	Tel Aviv - Yaffo	371,400	52 mi²	273	1,343
78	Denver	600,158	400 mi²	204	1,305
79	Campinas	1,039,297	796 mi²	931	1,291
80	Minneapolis	382,578	142 mi²	193	1,274
81	Yekaterinburg	1,350,136	495 mi²	850	1,258
82	Belo Horizonte	2,412,937	331 mi²	515	1,250
83	Cairo	7,947,121	215 mi²	141	1,219
84	Ankara	3,561,187	2,498 mi²	429	1,165
85	Kuwait City	63,600	0 mi²	78	1,161
86	Sunny Isles Beach	15,315	3 mi²	57	1,144
87	Bogotá	6,776,009	384 mi²	346	1,121
88	Mississauga	668,549	289 mi²	233	1,111
89	Balneário Camboriú	94,344	46 mi²	252	1,092
90	Rotterdam	584,493	208 mi²	304	1,083
91	Xian	3,849,000	9,983 mi²	147	1,041
92	Jersey City	247,597	39 mi²	99	1,034
93	Pittsburgh	305,704	144 mi²	131	1,009
94	Mandaluyong	286,870	0 mi²	17	1,006
95	Detroit	713,777	359 mi²	170	1,003
96	Johannesburg	3,888,180	1,644 mi²	300	950
97	Porto Alegre	1,420,667	497 mi²	674	942
98	Harbin	3,433,629	7,086 mi²	127	939
99	Rosario	1,157,372	179 mi²	627	913
100	Minsk	1,781,000	305 mi²	813	909

This calculation does not include TV towers, masts, bridges, or other structures. Each building is assigned points based on its floor count.

Points per Building
12 - 19 Floors = 1 Point
20 - 29 Floors = 5 Points
30 - 39 Floors = 25 Points
40 - 49 Floors = 50 Point
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 or more Floors = 600 Points