Tire Size Inches

275/70R18 tire size in inches and millimeters

275/70R18 measures 33.16 inches in overall diameter, 10.83 inches in section width, with a 7.58 inch sidewall.

A 275/70R18 tyre drawn in section and to scale: 33.16 in overall diameter, 7.58 in of sidewall above a 18 inch wheel, and 10.83 in across the tread. The same values are in the table below it.33.16 in7.58 in10.83 in

Every dimension

Every dimension
Size In inches In millimetres
Overall diameter 33.16 in 842.2 mm
Section width 10.83 in 275 mm
Sidewall height 7.58 in 192.5 mm
Circumference 104.17 in 2,645.8 mm
Revolutions per mile 608.3 per mile 378.0 per km

Sizes that fit the same wheel

These sizes share a 18 inch wheel diameter and sit within 3% of 275/70R18 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)
295/65R18 33.10 -0.06 -0.18 0.79
225/85R18 33.06 -0.10 -0.30 -1.97
255/75R18 33.06 -0.10 -0.30 -0.79
325/60R18 33.35 0.20 0.59 1.97
345/55R18 32.94 -0.22 -0.65 2.76
355/55R18 33.37 0.22 0.65 3.15
245/80R18 33.43 0.28 0.83 -1.18
315/60R18 32.88 -0.28 -0.83 1.57
235/80R18 32.80 -0.35 -1.07 -1.57
305/65R18 33.61 0.45 1.37 1.18
265/75R18 33.65 0.49 1.48 -0.39
265/70R18 32.61 -0.55 -1.66 -0.39
285/70R18 33.71 0.55 1.66 0.39
235/85R18 33.73 0.57 1.72 -1.57
285/65R18 32.59 -0.57 -1.72 0.39
335/55R18 32.51 -0.65 -1.96 2.36
335/60R18 33.83 0.67 2.02 2.36
245/75R18 32.47 -0.69 -2.08 -1.18
305/60R18 32.41 -0.75 -2.26 1.18
215/85R18 32.39 -0.77 -2.32 -2.36
255/80R18 34.06 0.91 2.73 -0.79
315/65R18 34.12 0.96 2.91 1.57
225/80R18 32.17 -0.98 -2.97 -1.97

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 275/70R18: the sidewall is 192.5 millimetres, two of them are 15.16 inches, and adding the 18 inch wheel gives 33.16 inches overall.

Questions

What size is 275/70R18 in inches?

33.16 inches in overall diameter, 10.83 inches in section width, with a 7.58 inch sidewall.

How tall is a 275/70R18 tire?

33.16 inches, which is 842.2 millimetres.

What do the numbers in 275/70R18 mean?

275 is the section width in millimetres, 70 is the sidewall height as a percentage of that width, and 18 is the wheel diameter in inches. Overall diameter is the wheel diameter plus two sidewalls: 33.16 inches.

Does 275/70R18 fit a 18-inch wheel?

Yes — the 18 in a metric tire size *is* the wheel diameter, so 275/70R18 is made for a 18 inch wheel. Rim width is a separate question the sidewall code does not answer.

What tire sizes are equivalent to 275/70R18?

295/65R18, 225/85R18, 255/75R18 are the closest by overall diameter, all on the same 18 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.