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	7,061,200	1,053 mi²	7,756	130,200
2	New York City	8,336,697	800 mi²	5,998	40,455
3	Singapore	5,312,400	710 mi²	4,398	19,962
4	Chicago	2,707,120	589 mi²	1,134	19,647
5	Dubai	2,104,895	3,885 mi²	629	18,823
6	Seoul	10,581,728	616 mi²	2,898	18,055
7	São Paulo	11,316,149	1,523 mi²	5,676	17,331
8	Shanghai	17,836,133	6,639 mi²	1,005	15,976
9	Bangkok	8,280,925	1,569 mi²	904	15,302
10	Tokyo	8,967,665	621 mi²	2,707	13,556
11	Moscow	11,503,501	1,081 mi²	3,867	12,798
12	Guangzhou	6,560,500	7,434 mi²	512	12,524
13	Toronto	2,615,060	630 mi²	1,907	10,437
14	Busan	3,614,950	528 mi²	257	9,804
15	Shenzhen	3,538,275	2,020 mi²	368	8,640
16	Chongqing	6,300,000	82,403 mi²	546	8,599
17	Kuala Lumpur	1,627,172	244 mi²	566	7,502
18	Panama City	880,691	2,561 mi²	213	7,418
19	Incheon	2,710,579	1,029 mi²	412	7,235
20	Mumbai	12,478,447	621 mi²	1,303	6,876
21	Beijing	7,746,519	16,808 mi²	909	6,674
22	Jakarta	10,187,595	661 mi²	410	5,931
23	Rio de Janeiro	6,323,037	1,182 mi²	2,567	5,786
24	Istanbul	10,121,565	1,991 mi²	2,253	5,429
25	Macau	568,700	21 mi²	566	5,336
26	Osaka	2,871,680	220 mi²	1,466	5,213
27	Buenos Aires	2,891,082	200 mi²	1,710	5,083
28	Recife	1,555,039	218 mi²	1,104	4,881
29	Miami	408,750	92 mi²	300	4,796
30	Sydney	4,627,345	12,144 mi²	852	4,656
31	Melbourne	4,169,103	7,694 mi²	562	4,535
32	Ulsan	1,145,096	1,056 mi²	1,203	4,423
33	Wuhan	6,434,373	8,494 mi²	480	4,167
34	Vancouver	603,502	115 mi²	640	3,889
35	London	8,173,194	1,579 mi²	1,518	3,792
36	Houston	2,145,146	1,398 mi²	360	3,760
37	Kyiv	2,797,553	800 mi²	1,788	3,721
38	Daegu	2,446,418	885 mi²	130	3,715
39	Honolulu	340,936	266 mi²	439	3,656
40	Gold Coast City	527,828	1,402 mi²	290	3,618
41	Makati	529,039	22 mi²	155	3,351
42	Abu Dhabi	921,000	67 mi²	166	3,287
43	Dalian	2,980,513	13,238 mi²	155	3,228
44	St. Petersburg	4,879,566	1,431 mi²	2,069	3,172
45	Mexico City	8,864,370	1,487 mi²	1,365	3,165
46	Curitiba	1,797,408	435 mi²	846	3,145
47	Tianjin	6,825,105	11,920 mi²	293	3,094
48	Los Angeles	3,819,702	1,216 mi²	504	2,958
49	Atlanta	432,427	341 mi²	233	2,840
50	Caracas	2,762,259	1,930 mi²	1,109	2,715
51	Las Vegas	589,317	340 mi²	139	2,639
52	Nanjing	8,109,100	6,516 mi²	80	2,564
53	Doha	1,450,000	0 mi²	164	2,555
54	Dallas	1,223,229	887 mi²	249	2,510
55	San Francisco	825,863	121 mi²	421	2,502
56	Paris	2,234,105	105 mi²	687	2,401
57	Xiamen	1,370,000	1,565 mi²	259	2,335
58	Santiago	5,428,590	2,325 mi²	1,096	2,324
59	Philadelphia	1,547,607	350 mi²	331	2,304
60	Seongnam	996,449	142 mi²	99	2,255
61	Calgary	1,096,833	726 mi²	267	2,181
62	Brisbane	2,146,577	1,327 mi²	256	2,173
63	Seattle	620,778	229 mi²	225	1,975
64	Fortaleza	2,431,415	313 mi²	583	1,907
65	Montréal	1,649,519	365 mi²	476	1,809
66	Boston	625,087	125 mi²	239	1,786
67	Madrid	3,265,038	606 mi²	1,128	1,776
68	Benidorm	71,198	38 mi²	390	1,760
69	Chengdu	7,677,100	12,300 mi²	145	1,650
70	Salvador	2,676,606	706 mi²	548	1,644
71	Qingdao	2,640,000	10,654 mi²	112	1,592
72	Penang Island	750,000	1,046 mi²	163	1,583
73	Sharjah	801,004	236 mi²	98	1,517
74	Taipei	2,618,772	272 mi²	170	1,509
75	Frankfurt am Main	691,518	248 mi²	290	1,505
76	Yokohama	3,697,894	437 mi²	212	1,500
77	Suwon	1,138,341	121 mi²	63	1,453
78	Shenyang	8,106,171	12,942 mi²	172	1,444
79	Tel Aviv - Yaffo	405,000	52 mi²	297	1,443
80	Hangzhou	8,700,400	16,847 mi²	167	1,378
81	Kaohsiung City	2,769,072	2,946 mi²	89	1,371
82	Yekaterinburg	1,349,772	495 mi²	890	1,362
83	Kuwait City	63,600	0 mi²	79	1,311
84	Denver	634,265	400 mi²	204	1,305
85	Campinas	1,039,297	796 mi²	933	1,293
86	Minneapolis	387,753	142 mi²	193	1,274
87	Mississauga	713,443	289 mi²	237	1,266
88	Belo Horizonte	2,412,937	331 mi²	515	1,250
89	Mandaluyong	286,870	0 mi²	32	1,248
90	Manila	1,652,171	39 mi²	69	1,235
91	Cairo	9,120,350	215 mi²	141	1,219
92	Ankara	4,338,620	2,498 mi²	431	1,215
93	Daejeon	1,539,154	540 mi²	54	1,210
94	Pasig	669,773	31 mi²	56	1,196
95	Bogotá	6,776,009	384 mi²	361	1,171
96	Rotterdam	617,347	208 mi²	315	1,145
97	Sunny Isles Beach	21,327	3 mi²	57	1,144
98	Goyang	1,073,069	267 mi²	72	1,096
99	Balneário Camboriú	94,344	46 mi²	252	1,092
100	Makkah	1,691,100	26 mi²	28	1,065

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