215/70R16 tire size

A 215/70R16 tire is 27.85 in (707.4 mm) tall and 8.46 in (215.0 mm) wide, and turns 724 revolutions per mile.

27.85 inOverall diameter
5.93 inSidewall height
724Revolutions per mile
27.9x8.5R16Flotation equivalent

215/70R16 dimensions
Measurement	Inches	Millimeters
Overall diameter	27.85 in	707.4 mm
Section width	8.46 in	215.0 mm
Sidewall height	5.93 in	150.5 mm
Rim diameter	16.00 in	406.4 mm
Circumference	87.49 in	2,222 mm
Revolutions per mile	724
Flotation equivalent	27.9x8.5R16 (approx.)

215/70R16 is a 16-inch tire with a 215 mm (8.46 in) section width and a 70% aspect ratio, giving a 5.93-inch sidewall and a flotation-style size of about 27.9x8.5R16.

Its overall diameter is 27.85 inches, so it rolls 87.5 inches per revolution and turns about 724 times per mile.

76 other sizes in this list are within 3% of that diameter.

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Sizes within 3% of 27.85 in diameter

285/35R20 27.85 in (+0.01%)
225/50R19 27.86 in (+0.03%)
295/25R22 27.81 in (−0.16%)
245/30R22 27.79 in (−0.23%)
245/35R21 27.75 in (−0.35%)
235/70R15 27.95 in (+0.37%)
225/55R18 27.74 in (−0.38%)
275/45R18 27.74 in (−0.38%)
295/30R21 27.97 in (+0.42%)
285/40R19 27.98 in (+0.45%)
245/40R20 27.72 in (−0.48%)
215/75R15 27.70 in (−0.55%)
215/65R17 28.00 in (+0.55%)
245/45R19 27.68 in (−0.61%)
255/30R22 28.02 in (+0.62%)
235/65R16 28.03 in (+0.64%)
255/35R21 28.03 in (+0.64%)
255/40R20 28.03 in (+0.65%)
255/45R19 28.04 in (+0.66%)
255/50R18 28.04 in (+0.68%)
275/40R19 27.66 in (−0.68%)
245/50R18 27.65 in (−0.74%)
225/60R17 27.63 in (−0.79%)
245/55R17 27.61 in (−0.86%)
285/45R18 28.10 in (+0.89%)
235/60R17 28.10 in (+0.90%)
205/75R16 28.11 in (+0.92%)
275/35R20 27.58 in (−0.98%)
245/60R16 27.57 in (−0.99%)
295/35R20 28.13 in (+1.00%)
235/55R18 28.18 in (+1.17%)
225/65R16 27.52 in (−1.20%)
275/30R21 27.50 in (−1.27%)
305/30R21 28.20 in (+1.27%)
235/50R19 28.25 in (+1.44%)
265/30R22 28.26 in (+1.47%)
225/75R15 28.29 in (+1.57%)
295/40R19 28.29 in (+1.58%)
305/35R19 27.41 in (−1.60%)
225/70R15 27.40 in (−1.61%)
265/35R21 28.30 in (+1.63%)
265/45R18 27.39 in (−1.65%)
235/45R20 28.33 in (+1.71%)
265/40R20 28.35 in (+1.78%)
265/40R19 27.35 in (−1.81%)
235/45R19 27.33 in (−1.88%)
215/55R18 27.31 in (−1.94%)
265/45R19 28.39 in (+1.94%)
265/35R20 27.30 in (−1.96%)
225/70R16 28.40 in (+1.98%)
295/40R18 27.29 in (−2.01%)
225/75R14 27.29 in (−2.02%)
265/50R18 28.43 in (+2.09%)
235/50R18 27.25 in (−2.15%)
275/30R22 28.50 in (+2.32%)
225/65R17 28.52 in (+2.39%)
235/55R17 27.18 in (−2.42%)
245/65R16 28.54 in (+2.47%)
215/60R17 27.16 in (−2.49%)
295/35R19 27.13 in (−2.59%)
245/60R17 28.57 in (+2.60%)
275/35R21 28.58 in (+2.62%)
205/75R15 27.11 in (−2.67%)
235/60R16 27.10 in (−2.69%)
245/55R18 28.61 in (+2.73%)
225/40R20 27.09 in (−2.74%)
225/60R18 28.63 in (+2.80%)
245/50R19 28.65 in (+2.86%)
255/50R17 27.04 in (−2.91%)
275/40R20 28.66 in (+2.91%)
255/45R18 27.04 in (−2.93%)
255/40R19 27.03 in (−2.94%)
255/35R20 27.03 in (−2.95%)
325/30R21 28.68 in (+2.97%)
245/45R20 28.68 in (+2.98%)
315/35R20 28.68 in (+2.98%)

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Source: Calculated from standard tire geometry formulas. Verified 2026-09-27. How these numbers are calculated.