City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 3.5 times smaller than Charlotte.

Charlotte (map shows its 157 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 807 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 28.29% the size of Charlotte.

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