City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 1.8 times smaller than Athens.

Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 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 55.42% the size of Athens.

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