What is the diameter of a P205/70R15 tire?

A P205/70R15 tire has an overall diameter of 26.3 inches (668.0mm).

How many revolutions per mile does a P205/70R15 tire make?

A P205/70R15 tire makes approximately 767 revolutions per mile.

What rim width is recommended for P205/70R15 tires?

The recommended wheel rim width for a P205/70R15 tire is 5.1" - 7.2".

P205/70R15

Passenger / P-Metric

Factory Specs, Physical Dimensions & Compatible Vehicle Applications

Factory Spec Overview

The P205/70R15 tire size features an overall diameter of 26.3 inches, a section width of 8.1 inches (205mm), and rotates 767 times per mile. It is a standard factory tire fitment on 150+ vehicle models including Buick Electra, Buick Riviera.

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Physical Dimensions & Specs

Overall Diameter

26.3"

668.0 mm

Section Width

205 mm

8.07" wide

Sidewall Height

5.65"

143.5 mm (70% aspect)

Revolutions / Mile

767

Circumference: 82.62"

Rim Diameter

15"

Wheel size

Recommended Rim Width

5.1" - 7.2"

Optimal rim width range

Speedometer & Alternate Size Calculator

Testing an alternate size for your vehicle? Compare P205/70R15 against any proposed tire size below:

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Tire 1 (Stock / Base)205/70R15

Section Width (mm)

Aspect Ratio (%)

Rim Diameter (in)

Wheel Width (in)

Offset ET (mm)

Overall Height:26.3"

Sidewall:5.6"

Revs/Mile:767

Tire 2 (New / Compare)245/60R18

Section Width (mm)

Aspect Ratio (%)

Rim Diameter (in)

Wheel Width (in)

Offset ET (mm)

Overall Height:29.6"

Sidewall:5.8"

Revs/Mile:682

Visual Tire & Wheel Comparison

Speedometer Variance

+12.5%At 60 mph reading, actual speed is 67.5 mph

Indicated	Actual Speed	Diff
20 mph	22.5 mph	+2.5 mph
30 mph	33.7 mph	+3.7 mph
45 mph	50.6 mph	+5.6 mph
60 mph	67.5 mph	+7.5 mph
75 mph	84.3 mph	+9.3 mph
90 mph	101.2 mph	+11.2 mph

Fender & Suspension Clearance

Fitment Status: MODERATE RISK

Flush fitment. Extends 17.7mm outwards. Check wheel arch clearance under full suspension compression.

Inner Strut Space:7.7mm LESS clearance

Outer Fender Push:Extends 17.7mm further out

Ride Height Delta:+1.64" ground clearance

Vehicles That Fit P205/70R15 (150+ Models)

Factory standard and optional vehicle fitments utilizing P205/70R15 tires:

Year	Make & Model	Trim / Variant	Lookup Specs
1989	Buick Electra	Park Avenue Ultra	View 1989 Electra ›
1989	Buick Riviera	Riviera	View 1989 Riviera ›
1990	Buick Electra	Park Avenue Ultra, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 Electra ›
1990	Buick Electra	Park Avenue Ultra, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 Electra ›
1990	Buick Riviera	440T4/ME9	View 1990 Riviera ›
1990	Buick Riviera	4T60/ME9	View 1990 Riviera ›
1991	Buick Park Avenue	Base	View 1991 Park Avenue ›
1991	Buick Park Avenue	Ultra, 3.8 1	View 1991 Park Avenue ›
1991	Buick Park Avenue	Ultra, 3.8 L	View 1991 Park Avenue ›
1991	Buick Riviera	Riviera	View 1991 Riviera ›
1992	Buick LeSabre	Custom	View 1992 LeSabre ›
1992	Buick LeSabre	Limited	View 1992 LeSabre ›
1992	Buick Park Avenue	Base	View 1992 Park Avenue ›
1992	Buick Riviera	Riviera	View 1992 Riviera ›
1993	Buick Park Avenue	Base	View 1993 Park Avenue ›
1993	Buick LeSabre	Custom	View 1993 LeSabre ›
1993	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick LeSabre	Limited	View 1993 LeSabre ›
1993	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.8 L	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.8 L	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Regal	Limited, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Regal	Limited, 2D Coupe, 3.8 L	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Regal	Limited, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Regal	Limited, 4D Sedan, 3.8 L	View 1993 Regal ›
1993	Buick Riviera	Riviera	View 1993 Riviera ›
1994	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.1 M	View 1994 Regal ›
1994	Buick Park Avenue	Base	View 1994 Park Avenue ›
1994	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.1 M	View 1994 Regal ›
1994	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.8 L	View 1994 Regal ›
1994	Buick LeSabre	Limited	View 1994 LeSabre ›
1994	Buick LeSabre	Custom	View 1994 LeSabre ›
1994	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.8 L	View 1994 Regal ›
1994	Buick Regal	Limited	View 1994 Regal ›
1995	Buick LeSabre	Custom	View 1995 LeSabre ›
1995	Buick LeSabre	Limited	View 1995 LeSabre ›
1995	Buick Regal	Limited	View 1995 Regal ›
1995	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.8 L	View 1995 Regal ›
1995	Buick Park Avenue	Base	View 1995 Park Avenue ›
1995	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.8 L	View 1995 Regal ›
1995	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.1 M	View 1995 Regal ›
1995	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.1 M	View 1995 Regal ›
1996	Buick Park Avenue	Base	View 1996 Park Avenue ›
1996	Buick LeSabre	Limited	View 1996 LeSabre ›
1996	Buick LeSabre	Custom	View 1996 LeSabre ›
1996	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.1 M	View 1996 Regal ›
1996	Buick Regal	Custom, 2D Coupe, 3.8 K	View 1996 Regal ›
1996	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.1 M	View 1996 Regal ›
1996	Buick Regal	Custom, 4D Sedan, 3.8 K	View 1996 Regal ›
1996	Buick Regal	Limited	View 1996 Regal ›
1996	Buick Regal	Olympic Gold Edition	View 1996 Regal ›
1997	Buick Century	Custom	View 1997 Century ›
1997	Buick LeSabre	Custom	View 1997 LeSabre ›
1997	Buick Century	Limited	View 1997 Century ›
1997	Buick Regal	LS	View 1997 Regal ›
1997	Buick LeSabre	Limited	View 1997 LeSabre ›
1997	Buick Regal	GS	View 1997 Regal ›
1998	Buick Century	Custom	View 1998 Century ›
1998	Buick LeSabre	Custom, 4T65E/MN3	View 1998 LeSabre ›
1998	Buick Century	Limited	View 1998 Century ›
1998	Buick LeSabre	Limited, 4T65E/M15	View 1998 LeSabre ›
1998	Buick LeSabre	Custom, 4T65E/M15	View 1998 LeSabre ›
1998	Buick LeSabre	Limited, 4T65E/MN3	View 1998 LeSabre ›
1999	Buick Century	Custom	View 1999 Century ›
1999	Buick Century	Limited	View 1999 Century ›
1999	Buick LeSabre	Custom, 4T65E/M15	View 1999 LeSabre ›
1999	Buick LeSabre	Custom, 4T65E/MN3	View 1999 LeSabre ›
1999	Buick LeSabre	Limited, 4T65E/M15	View 1999 LeSabre ›
1999	Buick LeSabre	Limited, 4T65E/MN3	View 1999 LeSabre ›
2000	Buick Century	Custom	View 2000 Century ›
2000	Buick Century	Limited	View 2000 Century ›
2001	Buick Century	Custom	View 2001 Century ›
2001	Buick Century	Limited	View 2001 Century ›
2002	Buick Century	Custom	View 2002 Century ›
2002	Buick Century	Limited	View 2002 Century ›
2003	Buick Century	Custom	View 2003 Century ›
2004	Buick Century	Limited	View 2004 Century ›
2004	Buick Century	Custom	View 2004 Century ›
2005	Buick Century	Limited	View 2005 Century ›
2005	Buick Century	Custom	View 2005 Century ›
1989	Cadillac DeVille	2D Coupe	View 1989 DeVille ›
1989	Cadillac DeVille	4D Sedan	View 1989 DeVille ›
1989	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 4D Sedan	View 1989 Fleetwood ›
1989	Cadillac Fleetwood	Sixty Special	View 1989 Fleetwood ›
1989	Cadillac Seville	Base	View 1989 Seville ›
1989	Cadillac Eldorado	Eldorado	View 1989 Eldorado ›
1989	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 2D Coupe	View 1989 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac DeVille	2D Coupe, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 DeVille ›
1990	Cadillac DeVille	2D Coupe, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 DeVille ›
1990	Cadillac Fleetwood	Sixty Special, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac DeVille	4D Sedan, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 DeVille ›
1990	Cadillac DeVille	4D Sedan, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 DeVille ›
1990	Cadillac Fleetwood	Sixty Special, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 4D Sedan, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac Eldorado	440T4/ME9	View 1990 Eldorado ›
1990	Cadillac Eldorado	4T60/ME9	View 1990 Eldorado ›
1990	Cadillac Seville	Base, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 Seville ›
1990	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 2D Coupe, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 2D Coupe, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 4D Sedan, 4T60/ME9	View 1990 Fleetwood ›
1990	Cadillac Seville	Base, 440T4/ME9	View 1990 Seville ›
1991	Cadillac DeVille	Base, 4D Sedan	View 1991 DeVille ›
1991	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 4D Sedan	View 1991 Fleetwood ›
1991	Cadillac DeVille	Base, 2D Coupe	View 1991 DeVille ›
1991	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 2D Coupe	View 1991 Fleetwood ›
1991	Cadillac Eldorado	Eldorado	View 1991 Eldorado ›
1991	Cadillac Fleetwood	Sixty Special	View 1991 Fleetwood ›
1991	Cadillac Seville	Base	View 1991 Seville ›
1992	Cadillac DeVille	Base, 2D Coupe	View 1992 DeVille ›
1992	Cadillac DeVille	Base, 4D Sedan	View 1992 DeVille ›
1992	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 2D Coupe	View 1992 Fleetwood ›
1992	Cadillac Fleetwood	Base, 4D Sedan	View 1992 Fleetwood ›
1992	Cadillac Fleetwood	Sixty Special	View 1992 Fleetwood ›
1993	Cadillac DeVille	Base, 4D Sedan	View 1993 DeVille ›
1993	Cadillac DeVille	Base, 2D Coupe	View 1993 DeVille ›
1993	Cadillac Sixty Special	Sixty Special	View 1993 Sixty Special ›
1991	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3T40/MD9	View 1991 Lumina ›
1991	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 4T60/ME9	View 1991 Lumina ›
1991	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3T40/MD9	View 1991 Lumina ›
1991	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 4T60/ME9	View 1991 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T, LH0, 3T40/MD9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T, LH0, 4T60/ME9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T, _NA_, 3T40/MD9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T, LH0, 3T40/MD9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.4 X	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T, _NA_, 4T60/ME9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T, LH0, 4T60/ME9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T, _NA_, 3T40/MD9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T, _NA_, 4T60/ME9	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.4 X	View 1992 Lumina ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina APV	3.1 D	View 1992 Lumina APV ›
1992	Chevrolet Lumina APV	3.8 L	View 1992 Lumina APV ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T, Automatic	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 T, Standard	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe, 3.1 W	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T, Automatic	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T, Standard	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 W	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.4 X, Automatic	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.4 X, Standard	View 1993 Lumina ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina APV	3.1 D	View 1993 Lumina APV ›
1993	Chevrolet Lumina APV	3.8 L	View 1993 Lumina APV ›
1994	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 2D Coupe	View 1994 Lumina ›
1994	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.1 T	View 1994 Lumina ›
1994	Chevrolet Lumina	Euro, 4D Sedan, 3.4 X	View 1994 Lumina ›
1994	Chevrolet Lumina APV	Van Cargo	View 1994 Lumina APV ›
1994	Chevrolet Lumina APV	Van Passenger, 3.1 D	View 1994 Lumina APV ›
1994	Chevrolet Lumina APV	Van Passenger, 3.8 L	View 1994 Lumina APV ›
1995	Chevrolet Lumina	Base	View 1995 Lumina ›
1995	Chevrolet Lumina APV	Van Cargo	View 1995 Lumina APV ›