City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 2.1 times smaller than Albuquerque.

Albuquerque (map shows its 231 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 485 sq km, while Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, making Des Moines 47.08% the size of Albuquerque.

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Albuquerque vs. Des Moines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.