265/40R22
Overall diameter 770.8 mm
265/40R22 — 770.8 mm tall, and what it swaps with
265/40R22 is 265 mm wide with a 40% sidewall on a 22-inch wheel. That sidewall is 106 mm, so the tyre stands 770.8 mm tall and turns 413 times per kilometre.
- Section width
- 265 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 40 %
- Wheel size
- 22 in (558.8 mm)
- Sidewall height
- 106 mm
- Overall diameter
- 770.8 mm (30.35 in)
- Circumference
- 2421.5 mm
- Turns per km
- 413
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.
265/45R21771.9 mm · +0.14% you go faster265/50R20773 mm · +0.29% you go faster245/70R17774.8 mm · +0.52% you go faster235/55R20766.5 mm · -0.56% you go slower265/60R18775.2 mm · +0.57% you go faster265/65R17776.3 mm · +0.71% you go faster295/35R22765.3 mm · -0.71% you go slower265/70R16777.4 mm · +0.86% you go faster255/65R17763.3 mm · -0.97% you go slower255/60R18763.2 mm · -0.99% you go slower255/55R19763.1 mm · -1% you go slower255/50R20763 mm · -1.01% you go slower
Same profile, different width
Other sizes for this wheel
22-inch wheels
255/30R22 711.8mm255/35R22 737.3mm265/30R22 717.8mm265/35R22 744.3mm265/40R22 770.8mm275/35R22 751.3mm275/40R22 778.8mm275/45R22 806.3mm285/25R22 701.3mm285/35R22 758.3mm285/40R22 786.8mm285/45R22 815.3mm295/30R22 735.8mm295/35R22 765.3mm305/30R22 741.8mm305/40R22 802.8mm315/25R22 716.3mm325/35R22 786.3mm
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 265/40R22?
770.8 mm — the 558.8 mm wheel plus the 106 mm sidewall at top and bottom.
Q. How many turns per kilometre does 265/40R22 make?
Its circumference is 2421.5 mm, so 413 turns.
Q. What can I swap it for?
12 sizes stay within 3% of its diameter — the closest is 265/45R21 at 771.9 mm.
Q. Why is the sidewall 106 mm?
Because it is 40% of the 265 mm width. The aspect ratio is a proportion of the width, not a length.