City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 5 times smaller than Nashville.

Nashville (map shows its 91 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 1,232 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 18.54% the size of Nashville.

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