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#4 highest hotel rooms in the world · J Hotel (Jin Jiang)
J Hotel Shanghai Tower
Shanghai, China · completed 2021
Highest room
1,485 ft
about 453 m above the street
Top room floor
98th
hotel floors 84–120, rooms to 98
Building height
2,073 ft
632 m · 128 floors
Typical rate
$600
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #2 by building height · #5 by top floor
How high is J Hotel Shanghai Tower?
J Hotel Shanghai Tower is a J Hotel (Jin Jiang) property in Shanghai, China. Its highest guest rooms are on the 98th floor, roughly 1,485 ft (453 m) above the street: about 235 ft higher than the roof of the Empire State Building.
The hotel occupies floors 84–120 of a 128-floor tower that rises 2,073 ft (632 m) and was completed in 2021; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 1,270 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 98, although the hotel's floors run up to 120.
By highest room it ranks #4 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #2 by building height and #5 by top room floor. It has the highest hotel rooms in Shanghai on our list, 100 ft above Park Hyatt Shanghai.
A standard room typically costs around $600 a night, above 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
J Hotel Shanghai Tower opened on 19 June 2021 in the upper floors of Shanghai Tower, the Gensler-designed skyscraper whose twisting glass skin rises beside Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center in Pudong's Lujiazui district. Owned by Jin Jiang International (the 'J' stands for Jin Jiang), it was promoted at opening as the world's highest hotel. It has 165 rooms, including 34 suites, round-the-clock butler service, an indoor pool and spa, and seven restaurants and bars, among them the Cantonese restaurant Heavenly Jin.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: J Hotel Shanghai Tower and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
#1Rosewood GuangzhouGuangzhou
#2Park Hyatt Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
#3The Ritz-Carlton, Hong KongHong Kong
#4J Hotel Shanghai TowerShanghai
#5Niccolo ChangshaChangsha
#6Park Hyatt ShanghaiShanghai
#7Niccolo SuzhouSuzhouMore tall hotels in Shanghai
Other Shanghai hotels on our list, by highest room.
Park Hyatt Shanghai (Shanghai World Financial Center)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,385 ft
Floor 90 · 1,614 ft tower
Grand Hyatt Shanghai (Jin Mao Tower)
🇨🇳 Shanghai · rooms to 1,185 ft
Floor 86 · 1,380 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
Questions about J Hotel Shanghai Tower
What floor are the highest rooms at J Hotel Shanghai Tower?
The highest guest rooms at J Hotel Shanghai Tower are on the 98th floor. The hotel occupies floors 84–120, rooms to 98 of the 128-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at J Hotel Shanghai Tower?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 1,485 ft (453 m) above street level, about 235 ft higher than the roof of the Empire State Building. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is the J Hotel Shanghai Tower building?
The building is 2,073 ft (632 m) tall, with 128 floors, and was completed in 2021.
Is J Hotel Shanghai Tower the tallest hotel in Shanghai?
By highest room, yes: it has the highest hotel rooms of the 9 Shanghai hotels on our list, ahead of Park Hyatt Shanghai (1,385 ft).
What else is in the J Hotel Shanghai Tower tower?
Besides the hotel, the tower holds offices.
How much does a night at J Hotel Shanghai Tower cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $600 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.