City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 1.9 times smaller than Wellington.

Wellington (map shows its 57 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 444 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 51.43% the size of Wellington.

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