City size comparison

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Dusseldorf is around the same size as Des Moines.

Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, while Dusseldorf is approximately 217 sq km, making Dusseldorf 95.22% the size of Des Moines.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Des Moines vs. Dusseldorf uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Des Moines is 10.8% cheaper than Dusseldorf
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