City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 3.6 times smaller than Austin.

Austin (map shows its 70 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 829 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 27.56% the size of Austin.

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