 | 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 completedhigh-rise buildings as defined by theEmporis Standards Committee (ESC). This calculationdoes 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. | |
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| | | | | | | | 1. | | Hong Kong | 6,943,600 | 1,053 km² | 7,687 | 123,406 | | 2. | | New York City | 8,274,527 | 800 km² | 5,633 | 36,873 | | 3. | | Seoul | 10,331,244 | 616 km² | 2,872 | 16,559 | | 4. | | Chicago | 2,833,321 | 589 km² | 1,071 | 16,319 | | 5. | | Singapore | 4,351,400 | 685 km² | 3,911 | 15,223 | | 6. | | São Paulo | 11,016,703 | 1,523 km² | 5,180 | 14,123 | | 7. | | Shanghai | 9,145,711 | 6,639 km² | 947 | 13,710 | | 8. | | Tokyo | 8,130,408 | 621 km² | 2,771 | 11,987 | | 9. | | Bangkok | 7,587,882 | 1,569 km² | 754 | 11,923 | | 10. | | Guangzhou | 6,560,500 | 7,434 km² | 479 | 9,904 | | 11. | | Toronto | 2,503,281 | 630 km² | 1,721 | 7,754 | | 12. | | Chongqing | 6,300,000 | 82,403 km² | 524 | 7,469 | | 13. | | Dubai | 1,241,000 | 3,885 km² | 329 | 6,802 | | 14. | | Shenzhen | 1,245,000 | 2,020 km² | 352 | 6,735 | | 15. | | Beijing | 7,746,519 | 16,808 km² | 869 | 6,115 | | 16. | | Moscow | 10,443,000 | 1,081 km² | 2,026 | 6,056 | | 17. | | Kuala Lumpur | 1,800,674 | 244 km² | 550 | 5,748 | | 18. | | Rio de Janeiro | 6,136,652 | 1,261 km² | 2,398 | 5,517 | | 19. | | Macao | 453,733 | 21 km² | 596 | 4,300 | | 20. | | Sydney | 4,201,500 | 12,144 km² | 826 | 4,295 | | 21. | | Jakarta | 9,341,400 | 661 km² | 351 | 4,261 | | 22. | | Buenos Aires | 2,965,403 | 200 km² | 1,578 | 4,036 | | 23. | | Melbourne | 3,559,700 | 7,694 km² | 512 | 3,987 | | 24. | | Osaka | 2,598,589 | 220 km² | 1,085 | 3,943 | | 25. | | Recife | 1,449,135 | 218 km² | 895 | 3,737 | | 26. | | Houston | 2,169,248 | 1,398 km² | 336 | 3,644 | | 27. | | Istanbul | 10,121,565 | 1,991 km² | 2,123 | 3,642 | | 28. | | Wuhan | 4,550,000 | 8,494 km² | 436 | 3,523 | | 29. | | Honolulu | 377,357 | 266 km² | 429 | 3,498 | | 30. | | Mumbai | 11,914,398 | 621 km² | 877 | 3,453 | | 31. | | Miami | 404,048 | 92 km² | 256 | 3,448 | | 32. | | Vancouver | 601,617 | 115 km² | 582 | 3,042 | | 33. | | Curitiba | 1,788,559 | 430 km² | 805 | 2,890 | | 34. | | London | 7,172,036 | 1,579 km² | 1,378 | 2,790 | | 35. | | Los Angeles | 3,849,378 | 1,216 km² | 474 | 2,763 | | 36. | | Caracas | 3,517,300 | 1,930 km² | 1,118 | 2,715 | | 37. | | Gold Coast City | 418,438 | 1,402 km² | 258 | 2,693 | | 38. | | Makati | 484,176 | 27 km² | 145 | 2,566 | | 39. | | Mexico City | 8,720,916 | 1,487 km² | 1,041 | 2,535 | | 40. | | Atlanta | 498,427 | 341 km² | 214 | 2,433 | | 41. | | Panama City | 708,738 | 2,561 km² | 154 | 2,392 | | 42. | | Dallas | 1,232,940 | 887 km² | 248 | 2,382 | | 43. | | Busan | 3,786,033 | 528 km² | 84 | 2,234 | | 44. | | Paris | 2,144,700 | 105 km² | 443 | 2,146 | | 45. | | San Francisco | 764,976 | 121 km² | 404 | 2,123 | | 46. | | Nanjing | 3,454,000 | 6,516 km² | 78 | 2,114 | | 47. | | Xiamen | 1,370,000 | 1,565 km² | 217 | 2,111 | | 48. | | Philadelphia | 1,449,634 | 350 km² | 347 | 2,043 | | 49. | | Santiago | 4,946,345 | 2,325 km² | 1,014 | 1,993 | | 50. | | Kyiv | 2,635,000 | 800 km² | 1,479 | 1,967 | | 51. | | Dalian | 2,980,513 | 13,238 km² | 131 | 1,839 | | 52. | | Seattle | 582,454 | 217 km² | 202 | 1,823 | | 53. | | Tianjin | 5,803,622 | 11,920 km² | 170 | 1,781 | | 54. | | Montréal | 1,620,693 | 365 km² | 443 | 1,756 | | 55. | | Calgary | 1,019,942 | 727 km² | 231 | 1,722 | | 56. | | Boston | 590,763 | 125 km² | 267 | 1,688 | | 57. | | Fortaleza | 2,416,920 | 314 km² | 522 | 1,670 | | 58. | | Madrid | 3,128,600 | 606 km² | 1,172 | 1,598 | | 59. | | Brisbane | 1,733,200 | 1,327 km² | 230 | 1,587 | | 60. | | Benidorm | 67,627 | 39 km² | 378 | 1,542 | | 61. | | Taipei | 2,719,293 | 272 km² | 169 | 1,452 | | 62. | | Qingdao | 2,640,000 | 10,654 km² | 98 | 1,418 | | 63. | | Salvador | 2,711,372 | 325 km² | 501 | 1,415 | | 64. | | Las Vegas | 552,539 | 340 km² | 115 | 1,410 | | 65. | | Penang Island | 1,030,000 | 1,046 km² | 165 | 1,408 | | 66. | | Yokohama | 3,426,506 | 437 km² | 207 | 1,325 | | 67. | | Shenyang | 4,649,490 | 12,942 km² | 166 | 1,313 | | 68. | | Frankfurt | 652,412 | 248 km² | 285 | 1,283 | | 69. | | Minneapolis | 372,833 | 142 km² | 189 | 1,264 | | 70. | | Chengdu | 3,347,433 | 12,300 km² | 132 | 1,219 | | 71. | | Cairo | 6,789,479 | 215 km² | 170 | 1,213 | | 72. | | Campinas | 1,045,706 | 796 km² | 870 | 1,198 | | 73. | | Denver | 588,349 | 397 km² | 190 | 1,163 | | 74. | | Kaohsiung | 1,720,400 | 154 km² | 43 | 1,097 | | 75. | | St. Petersburg | 4,571,200 | 1,431 km² | 807 | 1,076 | | 76. | | Pittsburgh | 312,819 | 144 km² | 148 | 1,009 | | 77. | | Bogotá | 6,776,009 | 384 km² | 310 | 1,008 | | 78. | | Detroit | 918,849 | 359 km² | 177 | 993 | | 79. | | Balneário Camboriú | 94,222 | 46 km² | 237 | 956 | | 80. | | Harbin | 3,433,629 | 7,086 km² | 118 | 894 | | 81. | | Glasgow | 662,954 | 177 km² | 216 | 888 | | 82. | | Tel Aviv - Yaffo | 371,400 | 52 km² | 234 | 869 | | 83. | | Rotterdam | 599,484 | 208 km² | 275 | 865 | | 84. | | Belo Horizonte | 2,399,920 | 331 km² | 358 | 865 | | 85. | | Minsk | 1,781,000 | 305 km² | 779 | 855 | | 86. | | Xian | 3,849,000 | 9,983 km² | 122 | 853 | | 87. | | Sharjah | 491,000 | 2,600 km² | 85 | 845 | | 88. | | Ankara | 3,561,187 | 2,498 km² | 417 | 839 | | 89. | | Sofia | 1,344,605 | 250 km² | 633 | 838 | | 90. | | Jinan | 2,540,000 | 8 km² | 93 | 838 | | 91. | | Kobe | 1,493,595 | 553 km² | 113 | 828 | | 92. | | Londrina | 460,909 | 1,725 km² | 413 | 821 | | 93. | | Aventura | 30,027 | 7 km² | 72 | 806 | | 94. | | Guiyang | 848,166 | 8,046 km² | 54 | 791 | | 95. | | Mississauga | 668,549 | 289 km² | 214 | 790 | | 96. | | Rosario | 1,157,372 | 179 km² | 608 | 768 | | 97. | | Pasig | 471,075 | 31 km² | 50 | 763 | | 98. | | Johannesburg | 1,975,500 | 1,644 km² | 130 | 760 | | 99. | | Jersey City | 241,789 | 39 km² | 92 | 754 | | 100. | | Warsaw | 1,690,821 | 512 km² | 228 | 753 |
²=Completed high-rise buildings; ³=Points based on the Skyline Ranking calculation All parties are welcome to reproduce this list in part or in its entirety, as long as Emporisis cited as the official source as follows: "© Emporis 5/2008".
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