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Grand Hyatt Shanghai (Jin Mao Tower)
Shanghai, China · in Jin Mao Tower · completed 1999
Highest room
1,185 ft
about 361 m above the street
Top room floor
86th
hotel floors 53–87
Building height
1,380 ft
421 m · 88 floors
Typical rate
$250
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #14 by building height · #11 by top floor
How high is Grand Hyatt Shanghai?
Grand Hyatt Shanghai (Jin Mao Tower) is a Grand Hyatt hotel in Shanghai, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 86th floor, roughly 1,185 ft (361 m) above the street: about 100 ft higher than the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The hotel occupies floors 53–87 of Jin Mao Tower, an 88-floor tower that rises 1,380 ft (421 m) and was completed in 1999; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 730 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 86, although the hotel's floors run up to 87.
By highest room it ranks #11 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #14 by building height and #11 by top room floor. In Shanghai it ranks #3 of 9; J Hotel Shanghai Tower has the highest rooms there, at 1,485 ft. It's the highest Grand Hyatt hotel in our index.
A standard room typically costs around $250 a night, close to the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
Grand Hyatt Shanghai opened in March 1999 in the upper floors of Jin Mao Tower, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill design led by Adrian Smith whose stepped profile draws on the tiered Chinese pagoda. The hotel's signature is a barrel-vaulted atrium rising through its guest-room floors, lined with ring-shaped corridors. It has about 550 rooms, the Cantonese restaurant Canton and the Cloud 9 bar near the top of the tower. The building, at 88 Century Avenue in Lujiazui, also holds offices and the Skywalk observation deck.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: Grand Hyatt Shanghai and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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#11Grand Hyatt ShanghaiShanghai
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Other Shanghai hotels on our list, by highest room.
J Hotel Shanghai Tower
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,485 ft
Floor 98 · 2,073 ft tower
Park Hyatt Shanghai (Shanghai World Financial Center)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,385 ft
Floor 90 · 1,614 ft tower
Le Royal Méridien Shanghai (Shimao International Plaza)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 880 ft
Floor 57 · 1,093 ft tower
JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai at Tomorrow Square
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 775 ft
Floor 58 · 935 ft tower
The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong (Shanghai IFC)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 765 ft
Floor 52 · 853 ft tower
DoubleTree by Hilton Shanghai–Pudong
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 650 ft
Floor 45 · 679 ft tower
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Questions about Grand Hyatt Shanghai
What floor are the highest rooms at Grand Hyatt Shanghai?
The highest guest rooms at Grand Hyatt Shanghai are on the 86th floor. The hotel occupies floors 53–87 of the 88-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at Grand Hyatt Shanghai?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,185 ft (361 m) above street level, about 100 ft higher than the top of the Eiffel Tower. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Jin Mao Tower?
Jin Mao Tower is 1,380 ft (421 m) tall, with 88 floors, and was completed in 1999.
Is Grand Hyatt Shanghai the tallest hotel in Shanghai?
Not by highest room. J Hotel Shanghai Tower has higher rooms (1,485 ft vs 1,185 ft), and Grand Hyatt Shanghai ranks #3 of the 9 Shanghai hotels on our list.
What else is in Jin Mao Tower?
Besides the hotel, Jin Mao Tower holds offices.
How much does a night at Grand Hyatt Shanghai cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $250 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.