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List of cities with the most skyscrapers

This is a list of cities with most skyscrapers. For the purposes of this article, a skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that is taller than 150 meters. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s. The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century which allowed for taller buildings to be constructed.

Cities with the most skyscrapers
This list includes every city with more than 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 metres (492 ft), as of February 2026. Unless noted, the source for each figure is from Skyscraper Center database, which is managed by the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU). The CVU's figures may undercount a city's actual number of skyscrapers, and are unreliable for many non-Western cities due to incomplete data on high-rise buildings. , and the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa is part of the Pearl River Delta alongside Hong Kong and Shenzhen; the urban agglomeration has over 1,000 skyscrapers had the second-most skyscrapers in the world has the most skyscrapers of any city without a supertall skyscraper by a wide margin , and is the southernmost city with over 30 skyscrapers and all of Latin America , with 100 skyscrapers, has the most in Europe , with 55 skyscrapers, makes up less than half of the total number of skyscrapers in Metro Manila is one of 16 cities in China with at least 50 skyscrapers has the second most skyscrapers in Japan , London had the most skyscrapers in the European Union has the most skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Texas is the least populous country to have three cities with at least 30 skyscrapers. Shown above is Johor Bahru is the only city in South America with at least 30 skyscrapers has the most skyscrapers in the U.S. state of California == Metropolitan areas with the most skyscrapers ==
Metropolitan areas with the most skyscrapers
This list ranks metropolitan areas with the most completed skyscrapers that are taller than . Metropolitan areas with over 50 skyscrapers are shown. Unless indicated in the above list or otherwise, the number of skyscrapers is given by the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU). == Map of cities with the most skyscrapers ==
Map of cities with the most skyscrapers
The following maps shows the location of every city and urban area with over 30 skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft). Cities with over 100 skyscrapers are indicated by blue dots. Labels in italics indicate metropolitan areas with over 30 skyscrapers, but without any individual city that reaches that number. Cities in China and South Korea are labelled on the lower map due the lack of space on the upper map. {{Location map+|World|places= {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map~ | World {{Location map+|China (equirectangular)|places= {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) {{Location map~ | China (equirectangular) ==Cities with the most skyscrapers under construction==
Cities with the most skyscrapers under construction
This is a list which ranks cities that have at least 10 skyscrapers under construction that are taller than as of September 2025. Values without a citation or a link to the city's corresponding Wikipedia page indicate that the figure was obtained from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. == Cities with the most skyscrapers by height ==
Cities with the most skyscrapers by height
The ranking of cities with the most skyscrapers depends on the height used for the definition of a skyscraper. The following table lists the number of skyscrapers in a city that stands above 150 meters (492 ft), 200 meters (656 ft), and 300 meters (984 ft), as of January 2026. When using a definition of 200 meters (656 ft), Shenzhen is the city with the most skyscrapers, followed by Dubai, Hong Kong, and New York City. Dubai is the city with the most supertall skyscrapers, followed by Shenzhen and New York City. == See also ==
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