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.

n°	City	Population	Area size	Number of buildings	Number  of points
1	Hong Kong	6,943,600	1,053 km²	7,688	128,635
2	New York City	8,391,881	800 km²	5,937	40,119
3	Chicago	2,853,114	589 km²	1,126	19,514
4	Singapore	4,351,400	710 km²	4,375	19,157
5	Seoul	10,331,244	616 km²	2,885	17,250
6	São Paulo	10,990,249	1,523 km²	5,667	17,230
7	Dubai	1,954,000	3,885 km²	592	15,944
8	Shanghai	9,145,711	6,639 km²	994	15,222
9	Bangkok	7,587,882	1,569 km²	788	13,558
10	Tokyo	8,653,000	621 km²	2,704	13,431
11	Guangzhou	6,560,500	7,434 km²	505	11,664
12	Moscow	10,443,000	1,081 km²	3,362	11,233
13	Toronto	2,503,281	630 km²	1,878	9,603
14	Chongqing	6,300,000	82,403 km²	539	8,049
15	Shenzhen	1,245,000	2,020 km²	360	7,580
16	Kuala Lumpur	1,800,674	244 km²	552	6,768
17	Beijing	7,746,519	16,808 km²	901	6,662
18	Rio de Janeiro	6,093,472	1,182 km²	2,564	5,784
19	Mumbai	11,914,398	621 km²	1,224	5,644
20	Macao	453,733	21 km²	564	5,211
21	Osaka	2,598,589	220 km²	1,465	5,208
22	Jakarta	9,341,400	661 km²	392	5,056
23	Buenos Aires	2,965,403	200 km²	1,709	4,983
24	Recife	1,533,580	217 km²	1,104	4,881
25	Miami	413,201	92 km²	296	4,788
26	Sydney	4,201,500	12,144 km²	848	4,579
27	Panama City	708,738	2,561 km²	191	4,318
28	Melbourne	3,559,700	7,694 km²	556	4,260
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	632	3,737
33	Honolulu	374,676	266 km²	439	3,656
34	Gold Coast City	418,438	1,402 km²	283	3,301
35	London	7,556,900	1,579 km²	1,489	3,180
36	Mexico City	8,720,916	1,487 km²	1,365	3,165
37	Curitiba	1,797,408	435 km²	832	3,060
38	Los Angeles	3,833,995	1,216 km²	505	2,959
39	Tianjin	5,803,622	11,920 km²	290	2,844
40	Atlanta	537,958	341 km²	231	2,834
41	Caracas	2,762,259	1,930 km²	1,109	2,715
42	Makati	484,176	27 km²	138	2,671
43	Las Vegas	558,383	340 km²	136	2,608
44	Nanjing	3,454,000	6,516 km²	80	2,564
45	San Francisco	815,358	121 km²	417	2,498
46	St. Petersburg	4,571,200	1,431 km²	1,795	2,482
47	Dallas	1,279,910	887 km²	246	2,450
48	Busan	3,655,349	528 km²	87	2,434
49	Paris	2,203,817	105 km²	684	2,400
50	Santiago	4,946,345	2,325 km²	1,094	2,314
51	Philadelphia	1,547,297	350 km²	330	2,303
52	Xiamen	1,370,000	1,565 km²	257	2,260
53	Kyiv	2,819,566	800 km²	1,531	2,251
54	Dalian	2,980,513	13,238 km²	138	2,153
55	Calgary	1,042,892	726 km²	262	2,045
56	Seattle	608,660	229 km²	222	1,972
57	Fortaleza	2,431,415	313 km²	583	1,907
58	Montréal	1,620,693	365 km²	475	1,808
59	Boston	620,535	125 km²	239	1,786
60	Benidorm	67,627	38 km²	390	1,760
61	Madrid	3,128,600	606 km²	1,128	1,726
62	Brisbane	1,733,200	1,327 km²	252	1,723
63	Salvador	2,892,625	707 km²	548	1,644
64	Doha	438,230	0 km²	149	1,620
65	Qingdao	2,640,000	10,654 km²	112	1,592
66	Yokohama	3,426,506	437 km²	212	1,500
67	Chengdu	3,347,433	12,300 km²	140	1,500
68	Taipei	2,719,293	272 km²	168	1,459
69	Sharjah	845,000	2,600 km²	97	1,417
70	Penang Island	1,030,000	1,046 km²	158	1,408
71	Shenyang	4,649,490	12,942 km²	171	1,394
72	Kaohsiung	1,720,400	154 km²	89	1,371
73	Frankfurt am Main	670,095	248 km²	287	1,355
74	Tel Aviv - Yaffo	371,400	52 km²	272	1,338
75	Denver	600,158	400 km²	204	1,305
76	Campinas	1,039,297	796 km²	931	1,291
77	Minneapolis	382,605	142 km²	193	1,274
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	Abu Dhabi	605,000	67 km²	142	1,202
82	Sunny Isles Beach	15,315	3 km²	57	1,144
83	Yekaterinburg	1,315,000	495 km²	834	1,127
84	Bogotá	6,776,009	384 km²	346	1,121
85	Mississauga	668,549	289 km²	233	1,111
86	Balneário Camboriú	94,344	46 km²	252	1,092
87	Rotterdam	584,493	208 km²	304	1,083
88	Incheon	2,590,863	964 km²	21	1,076
89	Xian	3,849,000	9,983 km²	147	1,041
90	Pittsburgh	310,037	144 km²	131	1,009
91	Mandaluyong	286,870	0 km²	17	1,006
92	Detroit	912,062	359 km²	170	1,003
93	Johannesburg	3,888,180	1,644 km²	300	950
94	Porto Alegre	1,420,667	497 km²	674	942
95	Harbin	3,433,629	7,086 km²	127	939
96	Jersey City	241,114	39 km²	97	934
97	Rosario	1,157,372	179 km²	627	913
98	Minsk	1,781,000	305 km²	813	909
99	Londrina	497,833	1,651 km²	429	893
100	Kolkata	4,580,544	187 km²	407	893

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 source: emporis.com