Last Updated on 5 August 2025
The following list is a compilation of the 80 most beautiful skylines from around the world. I averaged 44 different ranked lists of “best or most beautiful skylines of the world” to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including the full spreadsheet and links to all 44 lists that were averaged. Below is the ranked list with links to collections of photos.
- New York City, NY, USA
- Hong Kong, China
- Dubai, UAE
- Shanghai, China
- Tokyo, Japan
- Singapore, Singapore
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Paris, France
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Seattle, WA, USA
- London, England, UK
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Shenzhen, China
- Rome, Italy
- Panama City, Panama
- Moscow, Russia
- Seoul, South Korea
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Florence, Italy
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Guangzhou, China
- Houston, TX, USA
- Chongqing, China
- Milan, Italy
- Mumbai, MH, India
- Miami, FL, USA
- Prague, Czechia
- Cape Town, WC, South Africa
- São Paolo, Brazil
- Berlin, Germany
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Wuhan, China
- Athens, Greece
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Beijing, China
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Washington, DC, USA
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Busan, South Korea
- Barcelona, Spain
- Ediburgh, Scotland, UK
- Jodhpur, RJ, India
- Vienna, Austria
- Macau, China
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Cairo, Egypt
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Santorini, Greece
- Manila, Philippines
- Osaka, Japan
- St. Louis, MO, USA
- Tianjin, China
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Doha, Qatar
- Nanjing, China
- Incheon, South Korea
- Como, Italy
- Perth, WA, Australia
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Bilbao, Spain
- Warsaw, Poland
- Boston, MA, USA
- Strasbourg, France
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Recife, Brazil
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Yazd, Iran
- Chefchaouen, Morocco
- Havana, Cuba
