195/60R14
Overall diameter 589.6 mm
195/60R14 — 589.6 mm tall, and what it swaps with
195/60R14 is 195 mm wide with a 60% sidewall on a 14-inch wheel. That sidewall is 117 mm, so the tyre stands 589.6 mm tall and turns 539.9 times per kilometre.
- Section width
- 195 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 60 %
- Wheel size
- 14 in (355.6 mm)
- Sidewall height
- 117 mm
- Overall diameter
- 589.6 mm (23.21 in)
- Circumference
- 1852.3 mm
- Turns per km
- 539.9
Sizes you can swap to
Only sizes whose overall diameter stays within 3% are listed. A different diameter covers a different distance per turn, and that gap becomes speedometer error.
185/70R13589.2 mm · -0.07% you go slower205/45R16590.9 mm · +0.22% you go faster165/70R14586.6 mm · -0.51% you go slower185/55R15584.5 mm · -0.86% you go slower195/55R15595.5 mm · +1% you go faster205/40R17595.8 mm · +1.05% you go faster185/65R14596.1 mm · +1.1% you go faster175/65R14583.1 mm · -1.1% you go slower195/45R16581.9 mm · -1.31% you go slower175/70R14600.6 mm · +1.87% you go faster195/50R16601.4 mm · +2% you go faster205/60R14601.6 mm · +2.04% you go faster
Same profile, different width
Other sizes for this wheel
How the code reads
The 205 is millimetres, the 55 is a percentage of that width, and only the 16 is inches. The R stands for radial construction.
How to read this
- The first three digits are the width in mm, the middle two are the aspect ratio in percent, the last two the wheel in inches.
- Sidewall height = width × aspect ÷ 100. For 205/55 that is 112.75 mm.
- Overall diameter = wheel diameter + twice the sidewall. A 16-inch wheel is 406.4 mm.
- Once the diameter shifts by more than 3%, the speedometer and odometer drift by the same amount.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is the overall diameter of 195/60R14?
589.6 mm — the 355.6 mm wheel plus the 117 mm sidewall at top and bottom.
Q. How many turns per kilometre does 195/60R14 make?
Its circumference is 1852.3 mm, so 539.9 turns.
Q. What can I swap it for?
12 sizes stay within 3% of its diameter — the closest is 185/70R13 at 589.2 mm.
Q. Why is the sidewall 117 mm?
Because it is 60% of the 195 mm width. The aspect ratio is a proportion of the width, not a length.