List of tallest towers
This is a list of extant towers that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support." The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Also excluded from this list because they are not designed for public or regular operational access are bridge towers or pylons, wind turbines, chimneys, transmission towers, sculptures and most large statues and obelisks.
Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform.
The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, is, making it the tallest tower, and second-tallest free-standing structure in the world.
Entirely self-supported towers
Towers taller than 250 metres
Rank | Name | Year | Structure | Country | City | Remarks | |
1 | Tokyo Skytree | 2012 | Lattice tower | Tokyo | Tallest tower in the world 2011-, second-tallest freestanding structure in the world | ||
2 | Canton Tower | 2010 | Guangzhou | Tallest in the world 2009–11 | |||
3 | CN Tower | 1976 | Concrete | Toronto | Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, tallest in the western hemisphere | ||
4 | Ostankino Tower | 1967 | Concrete | Moscow | Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967–75, tallest in Europe | ||
5 | Oriental Pearl Tower | 1994 | Concrete | Shanghai | Tallest in China 1994–2007 | ||
6 | Milad Tower | 2008 | Concrete | Tehran | Tallest in the Middle East | ||
7 | KL Tower | 1994 | Concrete | Kuala Lumpur | Tallest in South East Asia | ||
8 | Tianjin Radio and Television Tower | 1991 | Concrete | Tianjin | Tallest in Asia 1991-1994,Tallest in North China | ||
9 | Central Radio and TV Tower | 1992 | Concrete | Beijing | |||
10 | Zhongyuan Tower | 2011 | Steel | Zhengzhou | |||
11 | Kiev TV Tower | 1973 | Lattice Tower | Kiev | |||
12 | Tashkent Tower | 1985 | Lattice Tower | Tashkent | Tallest in Central Asia | ||
13 | Liberation Tower | 1996 | Concrete | Kuwait City | |||
14 | Almaty Tower | 1983 | Steel | Almaty | |||
15 | Küçük Çamlıca Radio and TV Tower | 2020 | Concrete | Istanbul | |||
16 | Riga Radio and TV Tower | 1986 | Steel | Riga | Tallest in the European Union | ||
17 | Berliner Fernsehturm | 1969 | Concrete | Berlin | Tallest structure in Germany | ||
18 | Lotus Tower | 2019 | Concrete | Colombo | Tallest structure in South Asia | ||
19 | Stratosphere Tower | 1996 | Concrete | Las Vegas | Tallest observation tower in the United States | ||
20 | West Pearl Tower | 2004 | Concrete | Chengdu | |||
21 | Macau Tower | 2001 | Concrete | Macau | |||
22 | Europaturm | 1979 | Concrete | Frankfurt | |||
23 | Dragon Tower | 2000 | Lattice Tower | Harbin | |||
24 | Tokyo Tower | 1958 | Lattice Tower | Tokyo | Tallest in the world 1958–67 | ||
25 | Arqiva Tower | 1971 | Concrete | Kirklees | Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom | ||
26 | Huai'an TV Tower | 2016 | Concrete | Huaiyin | |||
27 | Sky Tower | 1997 | Concrete | Auckland | Tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere | ||
28 | Vilnius TV Tower | 1980 | Concrete | Vilnius | |||
29= | Saint Petersburg TV Tower | 1962 | Lattice Tower | Saint Petersburg | |||
29= | Linyi Radio & TV Tower | 2010 | Steel | Linyi | |||
31 | Eiffel Tower | 1889 | Lattice Tower | Paris | First to surpass 300 metres, tallest tower in the world 1889–1958, oldest in this list | ||
32 | Rameswaram TV Tower | 1995 | Concrete | Rameswaram | |||
33 | Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower | 1996 | Concrete | Nanjing | |||
34 | Tallinn TV Tower | 1980 | Concrete | Tallinn | |||
35 | Yerevan TV Tower | 1977 | Lattice Tower | Yerevan | |||
36 | Tortoise Mountain TV Tower | 1986 | Concrete | Wuhan | China's first self-supported TV tower | ||
37 | Baku TV Tower | 1996 | Concrete | Baku | |||
38 | Sydney Tower | 1981 | Concrete | Sydney | |||
39 | Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower | 1989 | Concrete | Shenyang | |||
40 | Jaisalmer TV Tower | 1993 | Concrete | Jaisalmer | |||
41 | Samatra TV Tower | 1999 | Concrete | Bhuj | |||
42 | VRT Toren | 1996 | Concrete | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw | |||
43 | Zhuzhou Television Tower | 1999 | Concrete | Zhuzhou | |||
44 | Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg | 1977 | Concrete | Nuremberg | |||
45 | Olympiaturm | 1968 | Concrete | Munich | |||
47 | Telemax | 1992 | Concrete | Hannover | |||
48 | Shijiazhuang TV Tower | 1998 | Lattice tower | Shijiazhuang | |||
49 | Heinrich-Hertz-Turm | 1968 | Concrete | Hamburg | |||
50 | Central Plains Pearl TV Tower | 1998 | Steel | Luoyang | |||
51 | Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower | 1972 | Steel | Tbilisi | |||
52 | Hillbrow Tower | 1971 | Concrete | Johannesburg | Tallest in Africa | ||
53 | Kaifeng TV Tower | 1995 | Concrete | Kaifeng | |||
54 | Colonius | 1981 | Concrete | Cologne | |||
55 | Minaret of Djamaa el Djazaïr | 2019 | Concrete | Algiers | |||
56 | Novorossiysk TV Tower | 1996 | Concrete | Novorossiysk | |||
57 | Daqing Radio and Television Tower | 1989 | Lattice tower | Daqing | |||
58 | Olympic Park Observation Tower | 2014 | Steel | Beijing | |||
59 | Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf | 1976 | Concrete | Koblenz | |||
60 | Donauturm | 1964 | Concrete | Vienna | |||
61 | Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz | 1969 | Concrete | Dresden | |||
62 | Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona | 1984 | Concrete | St. Chrischona | |||
63 | Jeddah TV Tower | 2007 | Concrete | Jeddah |
Towers between 200 and 250 metres tall
Tower | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | City | Remarks |
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower | 245 m | 1987 | Xi'an | ||
Rheinturm Düsseldorf | 240.5 m | 1981 | Düsseldorf | Was 234.2 m before another antenna was mounted in 2004 | |
Pattaya Park Tower | 240 m | ? | Pattaya | ||
N Seoul Tower | 239.7 m | 1975 | Seoul | ||
Foshan TV Tower | 238 m | 1995 | Foshan | ||
Sentech Tower | 237 m | 1962 | Johannesburg | ||
Endem TV Tower | 236 m | 2002 | Istanbul | ||
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower | 235.7 m | 1986 | Bremen-Walle | ||
Pitampura TV Tower | 235 m | 1988 | Delhi | ||
Fukuoka Tower | 234 m | 1989 | Fukuoka | ||
Qingdao TV Tower | 232 m | 1994 | Qingdao | ||
Torrespaña | 231 m | 1982 | Madrid | ||
Tower of the Americas | 228.6 m | 1968 | San Antonio, Texas | ||
Torre Espacial | 228 m | 1980 | Buenos Aires | ||
Katanga TV Tower | 225 m | 1992 | Jabalpur | ||
Brasilia TV Tower | 224 m | 1965 | Brasilia | ||
Buková hora TV Tower | 223 m | 1975 | Bukova hora | ||
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42 | 222.5 m | 1986 | Münster | ||
Florianturm | 219.6 m | 1959 | Dortmund | ||
Ptv Tower Sahiwal | 219.4 m | 1970 | Sahiwal | ||
Jilin Radio and TV Tower | 218 m | 1997 | Jilin | ||
Guangzhou TV Tower | 218 m | 1991 | Guangzhou | ||
Fernsehturm Stuttgart | 216.8 m | 1956 | Stuttgart-Degerloch | World's first concrete TV tower | |
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower | 216 m | 1992 | Prague | ||
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim | 212.8 m | 1975 | Mannheim | ||
Fernmeldeturm Berlin | 212 m | 1964 | Berlin | ||
Turkmenistan Broadcasting Centre | 211 m | 2011 | Ashgabat | ||
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque | 210 m | 1993 | Casablanca | ||
Transmitter Hornisgrinde | 206 m | 1972 | Hornisgrinde | ||
Ujudvar TV Tower | 206 m | 1972 | Ujudvar | ||
Baghdad Tower | 205 m | 1994 | Baghdad | Formerly International Saddam Tower | |
Donnersberg TV Tower | 204.82 m | 1962 | Donnersberg | ||
Avala TV Tower | 204.5 m | 1965 | Avala, near Belgrade | Destroyed in NATO bombing on 29 April 1999; reconstruction completed October 2009; tallest in the Balkans | |
Rousse TV Tower | 204 m | 1987 | Rousse | ||
TV tower Helpterberge | 203.2 m | 1981 | Helpterberge | ||
UNTV Broadcast Center | 202.5 m | 2022 est. | Quezon City | Under construction. | |
Woobang Tower | 202 m | 1992 | Daegu |
Towers between 150 and 200 metres tall
Tower | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | City | Remarks |
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven | 199 m | 1962 | Rotterdam-Waalhaven | ||
Xuzhou TV Tower | 199 m | 1990 | Xuzhou | ||
Zendmast Roermond | 197.7 m | 1957 | Roermond | ||
KPN Tower Hilversum | 196 m | 1973 | Hilversum | ||
Bantiger TV Tower | 196 m | 1996 | Bolligen | ||
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō | 195 m | 1988 | Nishitōkyō, Tokyo | ||
Telstra Tower | 195 m | 1980 | Canberra | ||
Kamzik TV Tower | 194 m | 1975 | Bratislava | ||
Gateway Arch | 192 m | 1965 | St. Louis | ||
Orissaare TV Tower | 191 m | 1965 | Orissaare | ||
Dalian Radio and TV Tower | 190.5 m | ? | Dalian | ||
Calgary Tower | 190 m | 1967 | Calgary | ||
BT Tower | 188 m | 1964 | London | ||
Cairo Tower | 188 m | 1961 | Cairo | ||
Telecom Italia Tower Rozzano | 187 m | 1990 | Rozzano - Milan | ||
Kuwait Towers | 187 m | 1979 | Kuwait City | ||
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower | 186 m | 1985 | Vitosha Mountain | ||
Euromast | 186 m | 1962 | Rotterdam | ||
TV tower Decquede | 184.5 m | 1959 | Dequede | ||
Space Needle | 184 m | 1962 | Seattle | ||
Brasilia Digital TV Tower | 182 m | 2012 | Brasília, DF | ||
Nagoya TV Tower | 180 m | 1954 | Nagoya | ||
PL Peace Tower | 180 m | 1970 | Tondabayashi | ||
Hošťálkovice transmitter | 180 m | 1979 | Ostrava | ||
Samut Prakan Observation Tower | 179.55 | 2017 | Samut Prakan | ||
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg | 179 m | 1977 | Bungsberg | ||
Löffelstelz Transmitter | 179 m | 2000 | Bad Mergentheim | ||
Monte da Virgem Tower | 177 m | ? | Vila Nova de Gaia | ||
Pécs TV Tower | 176 m | 1973 | Pécs | ||
Olympic Stadium tower | 175.3 m | 1987 | Montreal | Highest inclined tower in the world, with its 45-degree angle. | |
Zendstation Markelo | 174.4 m | ? | Markelo | ||
San Jacinto Monument | 172.92 m / 567.31 ft | 1939 | La Porte, Texas | ||
Reunion Tower | 170.7 m | 1978 | Dallas | ||
Iriški Venac TV Tower | 170 m | 1975 | near Novi Sad | ||
Juche Tower | 170 m | 1982 | Pyongyang | ||
Riyadh TV Tower | 170 m | 1981 | Riyadh | ||
Spinnaker Tower | 170 m | 2005 | Portsmouth | ||
Washington Monument | 169.3 m / 555 ft 5 in | 1884 | Washington, DC | Observation level at 152 m | |
Zagreb TV Tower | 169 m | 1973 | Zagreb | ||
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld | 168.7 m | ? | Schmallenberg-Bödefeld | ||
Näsinneula Observation Tower | 168 m | 1971 | Tampere | Located at Särkänniemi amusement park | |
Menara Alor Star | 165.5 m | 1998 | Alor Star | ||
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower | 165 m | ? | Bielefeld-Hühnenburg | Also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald | |
Heubach Telecommunication Tower | 164.8 m | ? | Heubach | ||
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower | 164.6 m | 1999 | Las Vegas | Replica of Eiffel Tower | |
Praděd TV Tower | 162 m | 1983 | Praděd Mountain | ||
Ulm Münster | 161.5 m | 1377–1890 | Ulm | Tallest church tower in the world | |
British Airways i360 | 161 m | 2016 | Brighton | Thinnest tall tower in the world | |
Osaka Tower | 160 m | 1966 | Osaka | ||
Skylon Tower | 160 m | 1965 | Niagara Falls | ||
Blackpool Tower | 158 m | 1894 | Blackpool | ||
Gold Tower | 158 m | 1988 | Utazu, Kagawa | ||
Pylons of Cádiz | 158 m | 1960 | Cádiz | Hyperboloid pylons | |
Cologne Cathedral | 157.4 m | 1248–1880 | Cologne | Twin spires | |
Snejanka tower | 156 m | 1978 | Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka | Also known as Pamporovo TV Tower | |
Kaknästornet TV Tower | 155 m | 1964 | Stockholm | ||
Funkturm Arsenal | 155 m | ? | Vienna | ||
Kaikyo Yume Tower | 153 m | 1996 | Shimonoseki | ||
BT Tower | 152 m | 1967 | Birmingham | ||
Rouen Cathedral | 151 m | 1145–1876 | Rouen | ||
Cuyahoga Falls Cathedral Tower | 150.57 m | 1971 | Cuyahoga Falls | unfinished TV tower | |
Funkturm Berlin | 150 m | 1926 | Berlin | Only observation tower standing on insulators | |
Cruz de los Caídos | 150 m | 1956 | San Lorenzo de El Escorial | Tallest cross in the world | |
Galaţi TV Tower | 150 m | 1978 | Galaţi | ||
SM Seaside City Cebu Tower | 150 m | 2016 | Cebu City, Philippines |
Towers between 100 and 150 metres tall
Tower | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | City | Remarks | - |
St. Nikolai, Hamburg | 147.3 m | 1846–77 | Hamburg | Church ruin | - | |
Sapporo TV Tower | 147.2 m | 1957 | Sapporo | - | ||
Menara TVRI | 147.2 m | 1977 | Jakarta | - | ||
Dobrich TV Tower | 146 m | 1979 | Dobrich | - | ||
Fallturm Bremen | 146 m | 1990 | Bremen | - | ||
Vasco da Gama Tower | 145 m | 1998 | Lisboa | - | ||
Strasbourg Cathedral | 144 m | 1176–1439 | Strasbourg | - | ||
Nozema Tower Wormer | 144 m | 1968 | Wormer | - | ||
Zigong TV Tower | 143.6 m | 1988 | Zigong | - | ||
Akita Port Tower Selion | 143.6 m | 1994 | Akita | |||
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower | 142 m | 1978 | Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg | - | ||
Monte Mario Tower | 140 m | ? | Rome | - | ||
Nozema Zendstation | 139.5 m | 1957 | Mierlo | - | ||
Twin Arch 138 | 138 m | 1995 | Ichinomiya | - | ||
Goes TV Tower | 137 m | 1957 | Goes | Also known as Nozema TV Tower Goes. Between 1957 and 2007 153 m tall. | - | |
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower | 137 m | ? | Hohenstadt | - | ||
Monas | 137 m | 1975 | Jakarta | - | ||
St. Chrischona, old tower | 136 m | 1962 | St. Chrischona | - | ||
Montjuic Communications Tower | 136 m | 1992 | Barcelona | - | ||
Higashiyama Sky Tower | 134 m | 1989 | Nagoya | - | ||
Radio City Tower | 134 m | 1969 | Liverpool | - | ||
KLIA2 Control Tower | 133.8m | 2013 | Kuala Lumpur | Tallest air-traffic control tower in the world | - | |
Mulleklenkes | 133 m | 1984 | Aachen | Radio-DVB-T Transmission Tower :de:Mulleklenkes | - | |
Nozema Zendstation The Hague | 133 m | 1965 | The Hague | - | ||
BKK Control Tower | 132.2 m | 2006 | Bang Phli | Second-tallest air-traffic control tower in the world | - | |
Telefónica Chile Tower | 132 m | 1996 | Santiago | - | ||
TV-toren Ittervoort | 132 m | ? | Ittervoort | - | ||
Telecommunication Tower Leipzig | 132 m | ? | Leipzig | - | ||
Kyoto Tower | 131 m | 1964 | Kyoto | - | ||
1000 Islands SkyDeck | 130 m | 1965 | Hill Island, Ontario | - | ||
TV Tower Nordhelle | 130 m | 1984 | Nordhelle | - | ||
Telecommunication tower Großerlach | 130 m | 1985 | Großerlach | - | ||
Zendstation Loon op Zand | 130 m | 1986 | Loon op Zand | - | ||
Shiraz Tower | 130 m | 2011 | Shiraz | - | ||
KUL Control Tower | 130 m | 1998 | Kuala-Lumpur | - | ||
Piątkowo transmitter, Tower 2 | 128 m | 1993 | Poznań | - | ||
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń | 128 m | 2004 | Licheń | - | ||
Express Lift Tower | 127.45 m | 1980–82 | Northampton | - | ||
Torre Entel | 127.4 m | 1974 | Santiago | - | ||
Glasgow Tower | 127 m | 2001 | Glasgow | - | ||
Aliant Tower | 127 m | 1971 | Moncton | - | ||
Sender Inselsberg | + 126 m | 1974 | Inselsberg Mountain | Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939 | - | |
Dreamworld Tower | 126.5m | 1997 | Dreamworld, Coomera | - | ||
Grobal Tower | 125 m | 1995 | Beppu | - | ||
FMT 6 - Brackenheim | 125 m | ? | Brackenheim | - | ||
Chiba Port Tower | 125 m | 1986 | Chiba | - | ||
Atakule Tower | 125 m | 1989 | Ankara | - | ||
Riga Radio Station | 125 m | ? | Riga | - | ||
Gatlinburg Space Needle | 124 m | 1970 | Gatlinburg | - | ||
Tyholttårnet | 124 m | 1985 | Trondheim | - | ||
Banharn-Jamsai Tower | 123.25 m | 1994 | Suphan Buri | - | ||
Salisbury Cathedral | 123 m | 1220–1320 | Salisbury | - | ||
Sender Brocken | 123 m | 1937 & 1974 | Brocken Mountain | 95 m on original tower | - | |
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower | 122.6 m | 1974 | Mont Pèlerin | - | ||
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni | 122 m | 1964 | Turku | - | ||
Ginosa Water Tower | 122 m | ? | Ginosa | - | ||
Zendstation Megen | 121 m | 1980 | Megen | - | ||
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg | 121 m | Duisburg | - | |||
Gibloux Radio Tower | 118.7 m | ? | Sorens | - | ||
Crossland Tower | 118 m | 1994 | Oyabe, Toyama | - | ||
Silistra TV Tower | 117 m | 1979 | Silistra | - | ||
Lisebergstornet | 116.1 m | 1990 | Göteborg | - | ||
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie | 115 m | ? | Shawinigan, Quebec | - | ||
Bernauer Birzel | 115 m | ? | Bernau | - | ||
Torrazzo of Cremona | 112.7 m | 1309 | Cremona | - | ||
Domtoren | 112.5 m | 1328 | Utrecht | Free-standing medieval church tower, see also list of tallest churches | - | |
Bytków TV Tower | 110 m | ? | Siemianowice Śląskie | - | ||
Tiger Sky Tower | 110 m | 2004 | Sentosa Island | - | ||
Taming Sari Tower | 110 m | 2008 | Melaka | - | ||
Terminal 21 Korat Tower | 110 m | 2016 | Nakhon Ratchasima | - | ||
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower | 109 m | Vienna | - | |||
Torre Branca | 108.6 m | 1933 | Milan | - | ||
Kobe Port Tower | 108 m | 1963 | Kobe | - | ||
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville | 108 m | 1984 | Paris-Romainville | Also known as Tour Relais TDF | - | |
Goryokaku Tower | 107 m | 2006 | Hakodate | - | ||
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial | 107 m | 1915 | Put-in-Bay, Ohio | World's most massive Doric column; fourth-tallest memorial in the U.S. | - | |
Torre Jaume I | 107 m | 1931 | Barcelona | Connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by Port Vell Aerial Tramway | - | |
Bremerhaven Radar Tower | 106.1 m | 1965 | Bremerhaven | - | ||
Yokohama Marine Tower | 106 m | 1961 | Yokohama | - | ||
Borisova Gradina TV Tower | 106 m | 1959 | Sofia | - | ||
Tsutenkaku | 103 m | 1956 | Osaka | - | ||
Scream | 103 m | 1992 | Soltau - Heidepark | Gyro-Drop Tower | - | |
Total Tower | 102.4 m | 1994 | Denver | - | ||
Roi Et Observation Tower | 101 m | 2020 | Roi Et | - | ||
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower | 100 m | 1908 | Birmingham, England | - | ||
Beppu Tower | 100 m | 1957 | Beppu | - | ||
Hakata Port Tower | 100 m | 1964 | Fukuoka | - | ||
Ještěd TV Tower | 100 m | 1968 | Jested | - | ||
Hokkaido Centennial Monument | 100 m | 1970 | Sapporo | - | ||
Bazita Peak TV Tower | 100 m | 1975 | Zalaegerszeg | - | ||
Holstein Tower | 100 m | 1988 | Sierksdorf | Additionally guyed Gyro-Tower | - | |
Faro de Moncloa | 100 m | 1992 | Madrid | - |
Towers proposed or under construction
This is a list of towers that are proposed or under construction with a minimum height of 250mTower | Year | Country | City | Pinnacle height | Status | Function | Ref |
Dubai Creek Tower | 2021 | Dubai | 828 m | under construction | observation | ||
Princesa Tower | ? | Puerto Princessa | 680 m | proposed | observation | ||
Hanoi Broadcast Tower | 2021 | Hanoi | 636 m | proposed | observation / telecommunications | ||
Huanghe Landmark Tower | ? | Lanzhou | 588 m | proposed | observation / telecommunications | ||
Icon Siam Tower | 2017 | Bangkok | 459 m | proposed | observation / telecommunications | ||
Tower Infinity | 2024 | Incheon | 448 m | under construction | observation / leisure / exhibition | ||
Holy Mosque Twin Minarets | ? | Mecca | 420 m | under construction | religious | ||
Tulip | ? | London | 305 m | proposed | observation | ||
SkyRise Miami | 2023 | Miami | 301 m | under construction | observation |