215/55R17
Overall diameter 668.3 mm
215/55R17 — 668.3 mm tall, and what it swaps with
215/55R17 is 215 mm wide with a 55% sidewall on a 17-inch wheel. That sidewall is 118.25 mm, so the tyre stands 668.3 mm tall and turns 476.3 times per kilometre.
- Section width
- 215 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 55 %
- Wheel size
- 17 in (431.8 mm)
- Sidewall height
- 118.25 mm
- Overall diameter
- 668.3 mm (26.31 in)
- Circumference
- 2099.5 mm
- Turns per km
- 476.3
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.
265/35R19668.1 mm · -0.03% you go slower205/70R15668 mm · -0.04% you go slower235/45R18668.7 mm · +0.06% you go faster265/30R20667 mm · -0.19% you go slower235/40R19670.6 mm · +0.34% you go faster215/50R18672.2 mm · +0.58% you go faster215/60R16664.4 mm · -0.58% you go slower235/35R20672.5 mm · +0.63% you go faster205/65R16672.9 mm · +0.69% you go faster275/30R20673 mm · +0.7% you go faster225/40R19662.6 mm · -0.85% you go slower275/35R19675.1 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 215/55R17?
668.3 mm — the 431.8 mm wheel plus the 118.25 mm sidewall at top and bottom.
Q. How many turns per kilometre does 215/55R17 make?
Its circumference is 2099.5 mm, so 476.3 turns.
Q. What can I swap it for?
12 sizes stay within 3% of its diameter — the closest is 265/35R19 at 668.1 mm.
Q. Why is the sidewall 118.25 mm?
Because it is 55% of the 215 mm width. The aspect ratio is a proportion of the width, not a length.