City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 1.5 times smaller than Atlanta.

Atlanta (map shows its 114 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 350 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 65.15% the size of Atlanta.

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