List of cities with the most skyscrapers
This list of cities with most skyscrapers ranks cities around the world by their number of skyscrapers. This list refers to skyscrapers at least 150 metres (490 ft) tall or higher, complementing the list of cities with the most high-rise buildings.
List of all cities by number of completed or topped out skyscrapers
This is a list of cities by number of completed or topped out buildings, often called skyscrapers, that are 150 metres or greater in height. .[1]
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Cities with at least 100 completed / topped-out skyscrapers above 150m
Some skyscraper definitions draw the lower limit at 150 metres (492 ft).[15] The following list includes all cities with at least 100 completed or topped-out skyscrapers and freestanding towers according to this definition:
| City | ≥800m | ≥700m | ≥600m | ≥500m | ≥450m | ≥400m | ≥350m | ≥300m | ≥250m | ≥200m | ≥150m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hong Kong[16]
|
– | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 314 |
 New York City[17]
|
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 241 |
 Dubai[18]
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 42 | 79 | 180 |
 Shenzhen
|
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 157 |
| Shanghai[19]
|
– | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 54 | 145 |
| Guangzhou
|
– | – | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 132 |
 Kuala Lumpur[20]
|
– | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 127 |
| Chicago[21]
|
– | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 119 |
 Tokyo[22]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 27 | 125 |
| Wuhan
|
– | – | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 110 |
 Taipei
|
- | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Cities with at least 50 skyscrapers above 150m (i.e. about 35–40 floors) (under construction inclusive)
Only skyscrapers of known height are recorded on the chart. Skyscrapers of unknown height but are known to be at least 35 floors high will still be count for the city's skyscraper tally but will not appear on the chart.
| City | ≥800m | ≥700m | ≥600m | ≥500m | ≥450m | ≥400m | ≥350m | ≥300m | ≥250m | ≥200m | ≥150m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong[16]
|
– | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 64 | 318 |
| New York City[17]
|
– | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 93 | 290 |
| Shenzhen[23]
|
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 101 | 207 |
| Dubai[18]
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 60 | 99 | 200 |
| Shanghai[19]
|
– | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 58 | 150 |
| Guangzhou[24]
|
– | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 136 |
| Kuala Lumpur[22]
|
– | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 127 |
| Chongqing[25]
|
– | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 48 | 123 |
| Tokyo[22]
|
– | – | – | - | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 117 |
| Chicago[21]
|
– | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 116 |
| Wuhan
|
– | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 115 |
| Shenyang[26]
|
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 113 |
 Bangkok[27]
|
– | – | - | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 106 |
 Jakarta[28]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 90 |
| Hefei
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | 2 | 19 | 93 |
| Hangzhou
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 17 | 92 |
 Singapore[29]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 29 | 86 |
| Chengdu[30]
|
– | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 84 |
| Tianjin[31]
|
– | – | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 75 |
| Dalian
|
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 72 |
| Guiyang
|
– | – | – | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 20 | 72 |
 Seoul[32]
|
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 71 |
| Xiamen
|
– | – | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 20 | 68 |
| Changsha
|
– | – | – | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 65 |
| Nanjing[33]
|
– | – | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 61 |
| Nanning
|
– | – | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 58 |
 Toronto[34]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 20 | 57 |
 Panama City[35]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 12 | 25 | 48 |
| Beijing
|
– | – | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 48 |
Cities with at least 1 skyscraper above 300m (i.e. about 75–80 floors) (under construction and on-hold inclusive)
| City | ≥700m | ≥600m | ≥500m | ≥450m | ≥400m | ≥350m | ≥300m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai[18] |
1 | 10 | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| Shenzhen[23] |
– | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| New York City[17] |
– | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Guangzhou[24] |
– | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Kuala Lumpur |
- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Tianjin[31] |
– | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Shanghai[19] |
– | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Hong Kong[16] |
– | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Chongqing[25] |
– | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Chicago[21] |
– | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 Mecca |
- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeddah |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Riyadh |
- | - | - | 7 | - | 2 | 4 |
 Kuwait City |
- | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Jakarta |
- | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
 Moscow |
- | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| San Francisco |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Pyongyang |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Abu Dhabi |
- | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
 Gold Coast |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Incheon |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bangkok |
- | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Doha |
- | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
 Santiago |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Seoul |
- | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Busan |
- | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Astana |
- | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Houston[36] |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Los Angeles |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 London |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Osaka |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Colombo |
- | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Philadelphia |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Atlanta |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Melbourne |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Mumbai |
- | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
 Dhaka
|
- | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
List of cities with the most buildings taller than 100m
This is a ranking of the cities with at least 10 buildings above 100m.[37]
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See also
Notes
^A Metro Manila - The actual administrative area governed by the City of Manila is only 42.88 square kilometers. The 17 cities/municipalities that constitute Metro Manila, formally known as the National Capital Region, were all historically governed as part of the City of Manila, and, as a whole, encompasses an area of 613.14 square kilometers, which is comparable to the areas covered by other cities on the list, such as Seoul, Singapore and Mumbai.
References
- ^ Cities Ranked by Number of 150m+ Completed Buildings
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- ^ http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/new-york-city
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/dubai
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/tokyo
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/chicago
- ^ http://skyscrapercenter.com/city/wuhan
- ^ http://skyscrapercenter.com/city/mumbai
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/singapore
- ^ http://skyscrapercenter.com/country/philippines
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/chengdu
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/seoul
- ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/jakarta
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