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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. 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 7,695 128,761
2 New York City 8,175,133 800 mi² 5,979 40,432
3 Singapore 4,351,400 710 mi² 4,392 19,682
4 Chicago 2,695,598 589 mi² 1,135 19,652
5 Dubai 1,954,000 3,885 mi² 619 18,175
6 Seoul 10,331,244 616 mi² 2,894 17,900
7 São Paulo 10,990,249 1,523 mi² 5,672 17,255
8 Shanghai 9,145,711 6,639 mi² 1,000 15,701
9 Bangkok 7,587,882 1,569 mi² 898 14,772
10 Tokyo 8,653,000 621 mi² 2,704 13,431
11 Moscow 10,443,000 1,081 mi² 3,577 12,148
12 Guangzhou 6,560,500 7,434 mi² 508 11,724
13 Toronto 2,615,060 630 mi² 1,895 10,243
14 Busan 3,655,349 528 mi² 257 9,804
15 Chongqing 6,300,000 82,403 mi² 544 8,399
16 Shenzhen 1,245,000 2,020 mi² 362 8,280
17 Kuala Lumpur 1,800,674 244 mi² 553 6,818
18 Panama City 708,738 2,561 mi² 207 6,768
19 Beijing 7,746,519 16,808 mi² 902 6,667
20 Mumbai 12,478,447 621 mi² 1,228 5,894
21 Rio de Janeiro 6,093,472 1,182 mi² 2,564 5,784
22 Macao 453,733 21 mi² 566 5,336
23 Osaka 2,598,589 220 mi² 1,466 5,213
24 Jakarta 9,341,400 661 mi² 392 5,056
25 Buenos Aires 2,965,403 200 mi² 1,709 4,983
26 Istanbul 10,121,565 1,991 mi² 2,222 4,975
27 Recife 1,533,580 217 mi² 1,104 4,881
28 Miami 399,457 92 mi² 298 4,794
29 Incheon 2,590,863 964 mi² 180 4,651
30 Sydney 4,201,500 12,144 mi² 850 4,605
31 Melbourne 3,559,700 7,694 mi² 557 4,310
32 Wuhan 4,550,000 8,494 mi² 479 4,117
33 Vancouver 603,502 115 mi² 639 3,839
34 Houston 2,099,451 1,398 mi² 359 3,755
35 Honolulu 337,256 266 mi² 439 3,656
36 Gold Coast City 418,438 1,402 mi² 288 3,608
37 Makati 484,176 27 mi² 155 3,351
38 Daegu 2,520,679 885 mi² 102 3,195
39 London 7,556,900 1,579 mi² 1,499 3,191
40 Mexico City 8,720,916 1,487 mi² 1,365 3,165
41 Curitiba 1,797,408 435 mi² 846 3,145
42 Abu Dhabi 605,000 67 mi² 163 3,127
43 Los Angeles 3,792,621 1,216 mi² 505 2,959
44 Tianjin 5,803,622 11,920 mi² 290 2,844
45 St. Petersburg 4,879,566 1,431 mi² 1,969 2,839
46 Atlanta 420,003 341 mi² 231 2,834
47 Caracas 2,762,259 1,930 mi² 1,109 2,715
48 Las Vegas 583,756 340 mi² 139 2,639
49 Nanjing 3,454,000 6,516 mi² 80 2,564
50 San Francisco 805,235 121 mi² 418 2,499
51 Dallas 1,197,816 887 mi² 247 2,455
52 Paris 2,203,817 105 mi² 684 2,400
53 Xiamen 1,370,000 1,565 mi² 259 2,335
54 Kyiv 2,819,566 800 mi² 1,536 2,321
55 Santiago 4,946,345 2,325 mi² 1,094 2,314
56 Philadelphia 1,526,006 350 mi² 331 2,304
57 Dalian 2,980,513 13,238 mi² 141 2,303
58 Seongnam 937,780 142 mi² 99 2,255
59 Doha 438,230 0 mi² 158 2,255
60 Calgary 1,096,833 726 mi² 266 2,176
61 Brisbane 1,733,200 1,327 mi² 255 2,148
62 Seattle 608,660 229 mi² 223 1,973
63 Fortaleza 2,431,415 313 mi² 583 1,907
64 Montréal 1,649,519 365 mi² 476 1,809
65 Boston 617,594 125 mi² 239 1,786
66 Madrid 3,128,600 606 mi² 1,128 1,776
67 Benidorm 67,627 38 mi² 390 1,760
68 Salvador 2,892,625 707 mi² 548 1,644
69 Qingdao 2,640,000 10,654 mi² 112 1,592
70 Penang Island 1,030,000 1,046 mi² 163 1,583
71 Chengdu 3,347,433 12,300 mi² 142 1,550
72 Sharjah 845,000 2,600 mi² 98 1,517
73 Frankfurt am Main 670,095 248 mi² 290 1,505
74 Yokohama 3,426,506 437 mi² 212 1,500
75 Taipei 2,719,293 272 mi² 168 1,459
76 Ulsan 1,060,378 1,056 mi² 81 1,431
77 Shenyang 4,649,490 12,942 mi² 171 1,394
78 Hangzhou 2,305,741 1,684 mi² 167 1,378
79 Kaohsiung 1,720,400 154 mi² 89 1,371
80 Tel Aviv - Yaffo 371,400 52 mi² 291 1,365
81 Denver 600,158 400 mi² 204 1,305
82 Campinas 1,039,297 796 mi² 933 1,293
83 Minneapolis 382,578 142 mi² 193 1,274
84 Yekaterinburg 1,350,136 495 mi² 855 1,271
85 Belo Horizonte 2,412,937 331 mi² 515 1,250
86 Mandaluyong 286,870 0 mi² 32 1,248
87 Mississauga 713,443 289 mi² 237 1,246
88 Cairo 7,947,121 215 mi² 141 1,219
89 Pasig 471,075 31 mi² 56 1,196
90 Bogotá 6,776,009 384 mi² 361 1,171
91 Ankara 3,561,187 2,498 mi² 429 1,165
92 Kuwait City 63,600 0 mi² 78 1,161
93 Sunny Isles Beach 20,832 3 mi² 57 1,144
94 Daejeon 1,451,792 540 mi² 49 1,125
95 Rotterdam 584,493 208 mi² 313 1,111
96 Balneário Camboriú 94,344 46 mi² 252 1,092
97 Goyang 814,493 0 mi² 70 1,086
98 Manila 1,654,761 39 mi² 67 1,085
99 Xian 3,849,000 9,983 mi² 147 1,041
100 Gwangmyeong 341,671 - mi² 61 1,037

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

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