Tire Size Inches

295/65R20 tire size in inches and millimeters

295/65R20 measures 35.10 inches in overall diameter, 11.61 inches in section width, with a 7.55 inch sidewall.

A 295/65R20 tyre drawn in section and to scale: 35.10 in overall diameter, 7.55 in of sidewall above a 20 inch wheel, and 11.61 in across the tread. The same values are in the table below it.35.10 in7.55 in11.61 in

Every dimension

Every dimension
Size In inches In millimetres
Overall diameter 35.10 in 891.5 mm
Section width 11.61 in 295 mm
Sidewall height 7.55 in 191.8 mm
Circumference 110.26 in 2,800.7 mm
Revolutions per mile 574.6 per mile 357.0 per km

Sizes that fit the same wheel

These sizes share a 20 inch wheel diameter and sit within 3% of 295/65R20 in overall diameter, which is the range a swap stays inside without recalibrating anything.

The percentage difference in overall diameter is the speedometer error: a tire 2% taller makes an indicated 60 mph a true 61.2 mph. They are the same number, so it is shown once.

Sizes that fit the same wheel
Alternate size Overall diameter Difference (in) Difference (%) Width difference (in)
225/85R20 35.06 -0.04 -0.11 -2.76
255/75R20 35.06 -0.04 -0.11 -1.57
275/70R20 35.16 0.06 0.17 -0.79
345/55R20 34.94 -0.16 -0.45 1.97
315/60R20 34.88 -0.22 -0.62 0.79
325/60R20 35.35 0.26 0.73 1.18
355/55R20 35.37 0.28 0.79 2.36
235/80R20 34.80 -0.30 -0.84 -2.36
245/80R20 35.43 0.33 0.95 -1.97
265/70R20 34.61 -0.49 -1.40 -1.18
285/65R20 34.59 -0.51 -1.46 -0.39
305/65R20 35.61 0.51 1.46 0.39
265/75R20 35.65 0.55 1.57 -1.18
335/55R20 34.51 -0.59 -1.68 1.57
285/70R20 35.71 0.61 1.74 -0.39
235/85R20 35.73 0.63 1.79 -2.36
245/75R20 34.47 -0.63 -1.79 -1.97
305/60R20 34.41 -0.69 -1.96 0.39
215/85R20 34.39 -0.71 -2.02 -3.15
335/60R20 35.83 0.73 2.08 1.57
225/80R20 34.17 -0.93 -2.64 -2.76
255/80R20 36.06 0.96 2.75 -1.57
275/65R20 34.07 -1.02 -2.92 -0.79
315/65R20 36.12 1.02 2.92 0.79
325/55R20 34.07 -1.02 -2.92 1.18
255/70R20 34.06 -1.04 -2.97 -1.57

How this is worked out

sidewall height in millimetres = section width × aspect ratio ÷ 100

overall diameter in inches = wheel diameter + (section width × aspect ratio × 2) ÷ 2540

section width in inches = section width in millimetres ÷ 25.4

circumference in inches = π × overall diameter

revolutions per mile = 63360 ÷ circumference in inches

The divisor is 2540, not the 2550 some converters publish. Two sidewalls in inches are 2 × width × aspect ÷ (100 × 25.4), and the rounding costs about 0.07 inches at 34 inches.

For 295/65R20: the sidewall is 191.8 millimetres, two of them are 15.10 inches, and adding the 20 inch wheel gives 35.10 inches overall.

Questions

What size is 295/65R20 in inches?

35.10 inches in overall diameter, 11.61 inches in section width, with a 7.55 inch sidewall.

How tall is a 295/65R20 tire?

35.10 inches, which is 891.5 millimetres.

What do the numbers in 295/65R20 mean?

295 is the section width in millimetres, 65 is the sidewall height as a percentage of that width, and 20 is the wheel diameter in inches. Overall diameter is the wheel diameter plus two sidewalls: 35.10 inches.

Does 295/65R20 fit a 20-inch wheel?

Yes — the 20 in a metric tire size *is* the wheel diameter, so 295/65R20 is made for a 20 inch wheel. Rim width is a separate question the sidewall code does not answer.

What tire sizes are equivalent to 295/65R20?

225/85R20, 255/75R20, 275/70R20 are the closest by overall diameter, all on the same 20 inch wheel.

Fitting a size is not only a matter of diameter. Rim width, load rating, speed rating and clearance all decide whether a size works on a given vehicle, and none of them can be read off the sidewall code alone.