City size comparison

compared to

Des Moines is about 1.9 times smaller than Wichita.

Wichita (map shows its 73 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 428 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 53.41% the size of Wichita.

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