Tyre sizes·195/70R13
195/70R13
Overall diameter 603.2 mm

195/70R13 — 603.2 mm tall, and what it swaps with

195/70R13 is 195 mm wide with a 70% sidewall on a 13-inch wheel. That sidewall is 136.5 mm, so the tyre stands 603.2 mm tall and turns 527.7 times per kilometre.

Section width
195 mm
Aspect ratio
70 %
Wheel size
13 in (330.2 mm)
Sidewall height
136.5 mm
Overall diameter
603.2 mm (23.75 in)
Circumference
1895 mm
Turns per km
527.7

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.

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 195/70R13?

603.2 mm — the 330.2 mm wheel plus the 136.5 mm sidewall at top and bottom.

Q. How many turns per kilometre does 195/70R13 make?

Its circumference is 1895 mm, so 527.7 turns.

Q. What can I swap it for?

12 sizes stay within 3% of its diameter — the closest is 185/60R15 at 603 mm.

Q. Why is the sidewall 136.5 mm?

Because it is 70% of the 195 mm width. The aspect ratio is a proportion of the width, not a length.