205/50R17
Overall diameter 636.8 mm
205/50R17 — 636.8 mm tall, and what it swaps with
205/50R17 is 205 mm wide with a 50% sidewall on a 17-inch wheel. That sidewall is 102.5 mm, so the tyre stands 636.8 mm tall and turns 499.9 times per kilometre.
- Section width
- 205 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 50 %
- Wheel size
- 17 in (431.8 mm)
- Sidewall height
- 102.5 mm
- Overall diameter
- 636.8 mm (25.07 in)
- Circumference
- 2000.6 mm
- Turns per km
- 499.9
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.
225/40R18637.2 mm · +0.06% you go faster255/35R18635.7 mm · -0.17% you go slower195/65R15634.5 mm · -0.36% you go slower225/45R17634.3 mm · -0.39% you go slower225/35R19640.1 mm · +0.52% you go faster195/60R16640.4 mm · +0.57% you go faster265/30R19641.6 mm · +0.75% you go faster205/55R16631.9 mm · -0.77% you go slower225/50R16631.4 mm · -0.85% you go slower205/70R14642.6 mm · +0.91% you go faster215/55R16642.9 mm · +0.96% you go faster235/45R17643.3 mm · +1.02% you go faster
Same profile, different width
Other sizes for this wheel
17-inch wheels
205/40R17 595.8mm205/45R17 616.3mm205/50R17 636.8mm205/55R17 657.3mm215/45R17 625.3mm215/50R17 646.8mm215/55R17 668.3mm215/60R17 689.8mm215/65R17 711.3mm225/45R17 634.3mm225/50R17 656.8mm225/55R17 679.3mm225/60R17 701.8mm225/65R17 724.3mm235/45R17 643.3mm235/55R17 690.3mm235/60R17 713.8mm235/65R17 737.3mm245/45R17 652.3mm245/65R17 750.3mm245/70R17 774.8mm255/65R17 763.3mm265/65R17 776.3mm265/70R17 802.8mm
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 205/50R17?
636.8 mm — the 431.8 mm wheel plus the 102.5 mm sidewall at top and bottom.
Q. How many turns per kilometre does 205/50R17 make?
Its circumference is 2000.6 mm, so 499.9 turns.
Q. What can I swap it for?
12 sizes stay within 3% of its diameter — the closest is 225/40R18 at 637.2 mm.
Q. Why is the sidewall 102.5 mm?
Because it is 50% of the 205 mm width. The aspect ratio is a proportion of the width, not a length.