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	1,001 km²	7,659	121,584
2.		New York City	8,214,426	800 km²	5,573	36,510
3.		Seoul	10,331,244	616 km²	2,871	16,558
4.		Chicago	2,833,321	589 km²	1,062	16,103
5.		Singapore	4,351,400	685 km²	3,775	14,438
6.		Shanghai	9,145,711	6,639 km²	946	13,605
7.		São Paulo	11,016,703	1,523 km²	4,856	13,339
8.		Bangkok	7,587,882	1,569 km²	747	11,787
9.		Tokyo	8,130,408	621 km²	2,762	11,535
10.		Guangzhou	6,560,500	7,434 km²	474	9,654
11.		Toronto	2,503,281	630 km²	1,708	7,658
12.		Chongqing	6,300,000	82,403 km²	524	7,469
13.		Shenzhen	1,245,000	2,020 km²	350	6,530
14.		Beijing	7,746,519	16,808 km²	866	5,815
15.		Kuala Lumpur	1,401,400	204 km²	545	5,563
16.		Dubai	1,241,000	3,885 km²	275	5,515
17.		Rio de Janeiro	6,136,652	1,261 km²	2,334	5,474
18.		Moscow	10,391,600	1,081 km²	1,850	5,425
19.		Macao	453,733	21 km²	595	4,299
20.		Sydney	4,201,500	12,144 km²	848	4,289
21.		Melbourne	3,559,700	7,694 km²	510	3,985
22.		Jakarta	9,341,400	661 km²	341	3,979
23.		Buenos Aires	2,965,403	200 km²	1,566	3,919
24.		Houston	2,144,491	1,398 km²	333	3,633
25.		Istanbul	10,121,565	1,991 km²	2,115	3,606
26.		Honolulu	377,379	266 km²	428	3,448
27.		Wuhan	4,550,000	8,494 km²	435	3,423
28.		Osaka	2,598,589	220 km²	780	3,351
29.		Recife	1,449,135	218 km²	747	3,249
30.		Vancouver	587,891	115 km²	578	2,994
31.		Curitiba	1,788,559	430 km²	803	2,880
32.		Los Angeles	3,849,378	1,216 km²	468	2,778
33.		London	7,172,036	1,579 km²	1,363	2,768
34.		Caracas	3,517,300	1,930 km²	1,118	2,715
35.		Gold Coast City	418,438	1,402 km²	255	2,663
36.		Makati	484,176	27 km²	145	2,566
37.		Miami	404,048	92 km²	236	2,406
38.		Panama City	708,738	2,561 km²	152	2,382
39.		Mumbai	11,914,398	621 km²	624	2,367
40.		Atlanta	486,411	341 km²	208	2,362
41.		Dallas	1,232,940	887 km²	239	2,338
42.		Mexico City	8,720,916	1,487 km²	883	2,277
43.		Busan	3,786,033	528 km²	84	2,234
44.		Paris	2,144,700	105 km²	442	2,145
45.		San Francisco	744,041	121 km²	401	2,116
46.		Nanjing	3,454,000	6,516 km²	78	2,114
47.		Xiamen	1,370,000	1,565 km²	218	2,111
48.		Philadelphia	1,448,394	350 km²	342	2,040
49.		Kyiv	2,635,000	800 km²	1,479	1,967
50.		Santiago	4,946,345	2,325 km²	987	1,942
51.		Dalian	2,980,513	13,238 km²	131	1,839
52.		Seattle	582,454	217 km²	197	1,837
53.		Tianjin	5,803,622	11,920 km²	170	1,781
54.		Montréal	1,620,693	365 km²	442	1,751
55.		Boston	590,763	125 km²	265	1,682
56.		Calgary	988,193	727 km²	220	1,663
57.		Fortaleza	2,416,920	314 km²	495	1,583
58.		Brisbane	1,733,200	1,327 km²	227	1,552
59.		Benidorm	67,627	39 km²	378	1,542
60.		Madrid	3,128,600	606 km²	1,172	1,503
61.		Taipei	2,719,293	272 km²	169	1,452
62.		Qingdao	2,640,000	10,654 km²	98	1,418
63.		Penang Island	1,030,000	--	165	1,408
64.		Salvador	2,711,372	325 km²	495	1,397
65.		Frankfurt	652,412	248 km²	281	1,326
66.		Yokohama	3,426,506	437 km²	207	1,325
67.		Shenyang	4,649,490	12,942 km²	166	1,313
68.		Minneapolis	372,833	142 km²	188	1,264
69.		Chengdu	3,347,433	12,300 km²	132	1,219
70.		Cairo	6,789,479	215 km²	169	1,213
71.		Las Vegas	552,539	340 km²	108	1,170
72.		Denver	566,974	397 km²	187	1,128
73.		Sharjah	491,000	2,600 km²	87	1,115
74.		Kaohsiung	1,720,400	154 km²	43	1,097
75.		Pittsburgh	316,718	144 km²	148	1,009
76.		St. Petersburg	4,669,400	1,359 km²	782	1,003
77.		Detroit	871,121	359 km²	174	981
78.		Bogotá	6,776,009	384 km²	270	940
79.		Harbin	3,433,629	7,086 km²	118	894
80.		Glasgow	662,954	177 km²	213	884
81.		Balneário Camboriú	94,222	46 km²	222	877
82.		Belo Horizonte	2,399,920	331 km²	356	859
83.		Xian	3,849,000	9,983 km²	122	853
84.		Minsk	1,781,000	305 km²	777	853
85.		Ankara	3,561,187	2,498 km²	417	839
86.		Jinan	2,540,000	8 km²	93	838
87.		Rotterdam	599,484	208 km²	271	837
88.		Sofia	1,177,577	250 km²	631	836
89.		Kobe	1,493,595	553 km²	113	828
90.		Londrina	460,909	1,725 km²	411	815
91.		Aventura	30,027	7 km²	70	806
92.		Guiyang	848,166	8,046 km²	54	791
93.		Johannesburg	712,507	1,644 km²	130	760
94.		Warsaw	1,690,821	512 km²	227	753
95.		Mississauga	668,549	289 km²	213	741
96.		Tel Aviv - Yaffo	371,400	52 km²	224	738
97.		Miami Beach	86,916	18 km²	136	731
98.		Milan	1,182,693	182 km²	665	720
99.		Pasig	471,075	31 km²	50	713
100.		Sunny Isles Beach	15,424	4 km²	46	711

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

Last update: 10/2007.

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