City size comparison

compared to

Moscow is about 11 times bigger than Des Moines.

Des Moines (map shows its 58 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 228 sq km, while Moscow (map shows its 125 districts within the pre-2012 boundary; the area includes New Moscow) is approximately 2,562 sq km, making Moscow 1,022% larger than Des Moines.

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