Toyota RAV4 Tire Size by Trim (2019-2026)

A 2019-2025 RAV4 runs one of three sizes: 225/65R17 on the LE and XLE, 225/60R18 on the TRD Off-Road, Woodland Edition and most 18-inch hybrids, and 235/55R19 on the gas XLE Premium, Adventure and Limited. The redesigned 2026 RAV4 changed every one of them. All 2026 sizes are 235 mm wide and about half an inch taller, and the 2026 Woodland moved to a 235/65R18 all-terrain that stands 30 inches tall.

Most size charts stop there. The second variable matters more on a RAV4 than the size itself: which all-wheel-drive system is under the car, and how closely your four tires match. Toyota's manual tells you not to mix tires of "remarkably different" wear, but it never puts a number on it. This guide does, in 32nds of an inch and in revolutions per mile.

What Size Tires Come on Each 2019-2025 RAV4 Trim?

The fifth-generation RAV4 used three tire sizes across a dozen trims. The trim sets the wheel diameter, and the powertrain sets which AWD system the tires have to work with. Heights are calculated for a new tire.

Trim	Years	Drive and AWD Type	Factory Tire Size	Load and Speed	Height
LE and XLE (gas)	2019-2025	FWD, or gas AWD with a driveshaft	225/65R17	102H	28.5 in.
XLE Premium (gas)	2019-2025	FWD, or gas AWD with a driveshaft	235/55R19	101V	29.2 in.
Adventure (gas)	2019-2024	Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD	235/55R19	101V	29.2 in.
Limited (gas)	2019-2025	FWD, or Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD	235/55R19	101V	29.2 in.
TRD Off-Road (gas)	2020-2024	Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD	225/60R18 all-terrain	100H	28.6 in.
Hybrid LE and XLE	2019-2025	Hybrid AWD with an electric rear motor	225/65R17	102H	28.5 in.
Hybrid XLE Premium, SE, XSE, Limited	2019-2025, by trim	Hybrid AWD with an electric rear motor	225/60R18	100H	28.6 in.
Hybrid Woodland Edition	2023-2025	Hybrid AWD with an electric rear motor	225/60R18 all-terrain	100H	28.6 in.
Prime and Plug-in Hybrid SE	2021-2025	Plug-in AWD with an electric rear motor	225/60R18	Check the door placard	28.6 in.
Prime and Plug-in Hybrid XSE	2021-2025	Plug-in AWD with an electric rear motor	235/55R19	Check the door placard	29.2 in.

Notice what the table doesn't show: a size jump between the street and off-road trims. Toyota put the TRD Off-Road and the Woodland Edition on the same 225/60R18 the hybrid street trims use and changed the tread, not the dimensions. Recommended pressure runs 35 to 36 psi on the 17-inch trims and 33 psi on the 18-inch trims, with the 19-inch gas trims listed at 33 or 35 psi depending on the build. The placard on your driver's door jamb settles which one is yours.

What Size Tires Does the 2026 RAV4 Use?

The sixth-generation RAV4 arrived for 2026 as a hybrid-only lineup. Toyota dropped the gas engine entirely, offers the Hybrid in front-wheel drive for the first time, and makes AWD standard on every plug-in model. The tire sizes changed with it.

2026 Trim	Powertrain	Drive	Factory Tire Size	Load and Speed	Height
LE	Hybrid	FWD or AWD	235/65R17	104H	29.0 in.
XLE Premium	Hybrid	FWD or AWD	235/60R18	103V	29.1 in.
SE	Hybrid or plug-in	FWD or AWD (plug-in is AWD)	235/60R18	103V	29.1 in.
Woodland	Hybrid or plug-in	AWD	235/65R18 all-terrain	106V on published listings	30.0 in.
XSE	Hybrid or plug-in	AWD	235/50R20	100V	29.3 in.
Limited	Hybrid	AWD	235/50R20 (some listings show 235/60R18)	100V on 20-in.	29.3 in.
GR Sport	Plug-in	AWD	235/50R20	100V	29.3 in.

Three things changed at once. Every 2026 size is 235 mm wide, every size is taller than the size it replaced, and 20-inch wheels arrived on the XSE, Limited and GR Sport. The Woodland and GR Sport also run a wider body, 74.0 inches across versus 73.0 for the other grades, and the Woodland sits at 8.5 inches of ground clearance against 8.1 for the core trims.

Can You Put 2025 RAV4 Tires on a 2026 RAV4?

Physically, yes. Both generations use the same 5x114.3 bolt pattern, and a 225/65R17 will mount on a 2026 LE's 17-inch wheel. It's still the wrong tire, and the numbers show why.

The diameter gap

A 225/65R17 is 28.5 inches tall. The 2026 LE's 235/65R17 is 29.0. Put the old size on the new car and the speedometer, calibrated to the taller tire, reads high: at an indicated 60 mph you're doing about 58.9. The same math holds for the 2026 XLE Premium and SE on 225/60R18s instead of 235/60R18s, about 59.0 at an indicated 60.

The Woodland is the extreme case. Its 235/65R18 stands 30.0 inches. Mount the 2023-2025 Woodland Edition's 225/60R18 and you've shrunk the tire by 1.4 inches, which puts actual speed at about 57.2 mph when the dash says 60.

The load gap

The diameter isn't the only problem. The 2026 LE's factory 104 load index is good for 1,984 lb per tire. The old 225/65R17 at 102 carries 1,874. On a 2026 Woodland, a 225/60R18 at 100 is rated for 1,764 lb against the factory 106 rating of 2,094 lb. A tire with less load capacity than the placard calls for is a downgrade no matter how well it fits the wheel.

Going the other direction is a separate question. Owners of 2019-2025 RAV4s ask whether they can step up to the new generation's 235 sizes, and the answer depends on clearance and speedometer tolerance. We worked through it in 235/65R17 instead of 225/65R17.

For the 18-inch trims, the same question runs through our guide to using 235/60R18 instead of 225/60R18, which covers the 2019-2025 hybrids, the TRD Off-Road and the Woodland Edition.

What Tires Come on the RAV4 Woodland and TRD Off-Road?

The gas TRD Off-Road (2020-2024) and the Hybrid Woodland Edition (2023-2025) both left the factory on 225/60R18 light-duty all-terrains. Toyota fitted the Falken Wildpeak A/T Trail, a passenger-construction all-terrain built for crossovers, rated 100H in that size, matching the street trims' load and speed rating exactly. Toyota dropped the gas Adventure and TRD Off-Road grades for 2025, which left the Woodland Edition as the only factory all-terrain RAV4.

The 2026 Woodland is a different tire

For 2026, the Woodland got its own size. Toyota lists 18-inch matte dark gray wheels with all-terrain tires, and the size is 235/65R18, 1.4 inches taller than the old Woodland's tire and the tallest tire on any RAV4. That size is common on SUVs and minivans in highway form, but all-terrains are thin in it: only about 1 in 25 tires made in 235/65R18 is an all-terrain. Published listings rate the factory Woodland tire 106V, and most replacement all-terrains in that size carry an H or T speed rating instead.

Why the all-terrain tread matters for AWD

An all-terrain starts life with more tread than a touring tire of the same size. Across 225/65R17 tires, all-terrains start at a median 13/32 of an inch of tread, and everything else starts at 10/32. In 225/60R18 it's 12/32 against 10/32. That 2/32 to 3/32 gap is the whole story of the next two sections, because a new all-terrain and a new touring tire of the same size are not the same circumference. If you're weighing a switch from street tires to all-terrains, our guide to all-terrain tires on a RAV4 covers load, speed rating and fuel economy by trim.

Which AWD System Does Your RAV4 Have?

The 2019 RAV4 launched with three different all-wheel-drive systems, and which one you have decides how much a tire mismatch costs you. Toyota's own literature describes them this way.

Gas AWD on the LE, XLE and XLE Premium

The core gas AWD system uses a driveshaft and an electronically controlled coupling, and it can send up to 50 percent of torque to the rear wheels. The driveshaft ties the axles together, so any difference in rolling circumference front to rear shows up as speed difference the coupling has to absorb whenever it's engaged.

Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD on the Adventure, Limited and TRD Off-Road

The upper gas trims got Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD with Rear Driveline Disconnect. Two couplings split torque between the left and right rear wheels, and when AWD isn't needed, ratchet-type dog clutches stop the rear driveshaft from turning to save fuel. The system is documented in a 2019 SAE technical paper. It's the most capable RAV4 system and the most complex: it manages torque side to side as well as front to rear, and it has to reconnect a stopped driveline on the fly.

Hybrid AWD with an electric rear motor

Every 2019-2025 RAV4 Hybrid and Prime, and every 2026 AWD model, drives the rear wheels with an electric motor instead of a driveshaft. There's no mechanical link front to rear, so there's no coupling to overheat. That doesn't make the hybrid indifferent to tires. The system still decides when to drive the rear wheels by comparing four wheel-speed sensors, and so do the ABS and stability control. Toyota's tire warnings in the owner's manual apply to every RAV4, hybrid included.

How Closely Do Tires Have to Match on an AWD RAV4?

Toyota's answer, in the owner's manual: don't mix tires of different makes, models or tread patterns, and don't mix tires of remarkably different treadwear. That's the whole specification. There's no number, and "remarkably" doesn't fit on a tread depth gauge.

Other automakers do publish one. Subaru holds its AWD cars to about 2/32 of an inch of tread difference. A Kia service bulletin hosted by NHTSA sets the limit at 10 mm of circumference between all four tires, measured with the car raised and a flexible tape. You'll also see 4/32 quoted as a typical maximum for Toyota's systems, including in our own AWD tire requirements guide. Since Toyota itself publishes nothing, the math is the better guide.

The mechanism

Every 1/32 of an inch of tread you wear off removes 1/16 of an inch from the tire's diameter and about 0.2 inch from its circumference. On a 225/65R17, which turns about 707 times per mile new, here's what a tread difference does:

Tread Depth Difference	Circumference Difference	Extra Revolutions per Mile	What It Means on an AWD RAV4
1/32 in.	0.20 in. (5 mm)	About 1.6	Normal spread within a set between rotations
2/32 in.	0.39 in. (10 mm)	About 3.1	The conservative ceiling; matches the published 2/32 and 10 mm limits
3/32 in.	0.59 in. (15 mm)	About 4.7	Gray zone; shave the new tire or replace the axle set
4/32 in.	0.79 in. (20 mm)	About 6.3	Replace all four on a gas AWD RAV4
6/32 in.	1.18 in. (30 mm)	About 9.4	Replace all four on any AWD RAV4

Note the second row. Two thirty-seconds of tread works out to exactly 10 mm of circumference on a RAV4-size tire, so the two published limits are the same limit stated two ways. Three extra revolutions per mile sounds trivial until you multiply it out: about 3,100 extra turns every 1,000 miles that a gas AWD coupling has to slip through whenever it's engaged, and that slip turns into heat.

New tires don't match each other either

This is the part most size charts skip. Two brand-new tires stamped with the same size are not the same circumference. Across 225/65R17 tires, the middle 80 percent start with anywhere from 9/32 to 13/32 of an inch of tread. That's a 4/32 spread between two new tires before either has turned a mile, and actual diameters vary by maker even at equal tread depth. That's why Toyota's manual tells you not to mix makes and models, and why "same size" alone doesn't make a match.

My recommendation for a gas AWD RAV4: hold all four tires within 2/32 of each other, same make and model. On a hybrid, that 2/32 target is still the right one. The penalty for missing it is smaller, but Toyota's rule doesn't change. FWD RAV4s are the exception: match tires across each axle, and keep the deeper pair on the rear.

Do You Have to Replace All 4 Tires on an AWD RAV4?

Not always. It depends on how much tread the surviving tires have lost, and the answer comes from a tread depth gauge, not the calendar.

When one tire is damaged

If the other three are within 2/32 of a new tire's starting depth, one matching replacement works. A tire that started at 10/32 and now reads 8/32 is at that line. Past it, a tire shop can shave the new tire down to the depth of the other three, which keeps the set within tolerance for a fraction of the cost of four tires. Past about 4/32 of wear, shaving throws away most of the new tire, and four new tires is the better spend.

When two tires wear out first

Replacing a pair on an AWD RAV4 almost always fails the 2/32 test, because the surviving pair has usually lost 3/32 or more by the time the first pair is done. Regular rotation keeps all four wearing together, which is what makes a four-tire replacement come due on schedule instead of early. Our breakdown of whether to replace all four tires covers the pair-versus-set decision for FWD and AWD cars.

The spare is a temporary mismatch

RAV4s generally ship with a compact temporary spare, smaller in diameter than the road tires. It's built to get you to a shop, not to run for days on an AWD car. If you've had to use it, read our guide on driving an AWD car on a donut spare before you go any farther than you need to.

What Load Index Does a RAV4 Need?

Match or exceed the load index on your door placard. The 2019-2025 factory ratings are 102 on the 17-inch trims (1,874 lb per tire), 100 on the 18-inch trims (1,764 lb) and 101 on the 19-inch trims (1,819 lb). The 2026 ratings run higher: 104 on the LE (1,984 lb), 103 on the 18-inch trims (1,929 lb) and 106 on the Woodland (2,094 lb). The 20-inch trims are rated 100.

Most replacement tires in each size match the factory rating exactly. Some carry more, usually because they're built as Extra Load, and a few percent in every RAV4 size carry less. The table shows how each size breaks down across the tires on the market.

Tire Size	Fits	Factory Load and Speed	Share Rated Above Factory Load	New Tread Depth, Middle 80 Percent	All-Terrain Options
225/65R17	2019-2025 LE and XLE, gas and hybrid	102H (1,874 lb)	About 1 in 7	9/32 to 13/32 in.	About 1 in 8 tires
225/60R18	2019-2025 18-in. hybrids, TRD Off-Road, Woodland Edition	100H (1,764 lb)	About 3 in 10	9/32 to 12/32 in.	About 1 in 20 tires
235/55R19	2019-2025 gas XLE Premium, Adventure, Limited; Plug-in XSE	101V (1,819 lb)	Nearly 6 in 10	8/32 to 11/32 in.	Very few
235/65R17	2026 LE	104H (1,984 lb)	About 1 in 3	9/32 to 13/32 in.	About 1 in 7 tires
235/60R18	2026 XLE Premium and SE	103V (1,929 lb)	About half	9/32 to 12/32 in.	About 1 in 20 tires
235/65R18	2026 Woodland	106V (2,094 lb)	About 1 in 5	9/32 to 12/32 in.	About 1 in 25 tires
235/50R20	2026 XSE, Limited, GR Sport	100V (1,764 lb)	Nearly 2 in 3	About 9/32 to 11/32 in.	Essentially none

Two patterns stand out. In the 19- and 20-inch sizes, Extra Load tires are the majority, so a higher load index than the factory tire is normal there and costs you nothing. The other pattern is the small slice rated below the factory number in every size. Those tires fit the wheel and still don't belong on the car. Our guide on whether you can use a lower load index tire explains what a lower rating gives up, and on a RAV4 the answer is to skip them.

What the Wrong Tire Is Costing Your RAV4

A mismatched or wrong-size tire on a RAV4 doesn't fail on day one. It costs you in stages, and every stage is more expensive than the one before.

1. A speedometer that reads wrong. The wrong generation's size, or a tire far off in diameter, throws the speedometer and odometer off by 1 to 5 percent. At highway speed that's a ticket risk, and the odometer under-counts the miles your warranty and lease are tracking.
2. Stability and traction systems that step in for no reason. The ABS, traction control and stability control all read the same four wheel-speed sensors. A tire turning six more revolutions per mile than its partners looks like slip to those systems, and they react to it.
3. A coupling that runs hot. On a gas AWD RAV4, the electronically controlled coupling slips through the speed difference whenever AWD engages. Slip is heat, and heat is what wears coupling clutches and degrades their fluid.
4. Uneven wear that compounds. A mismatched tire wears at a different rate than its partners, which widens the mismatch every month you drive on it.
5. A drivetrain repair bill. The rear coupling or rear differential carrier on a torque-vectoring RAV4 costs far more than a set of tires. That's the bill matched tires prevent.

The fix at every stage is the same: the factory size for your generation, the factory load index or higher, and four tires within 2/32 of each other.

How to Find the Right Tire Size for Your RAV4

The placard settles the size. These steps settle everything else.

1. Read the placard on the driver's door jamb. FMVSS 110 requires it, and it lists the factory size, load and speed rating, and cold inflation pressure for your exact build.
2. Confirm your generation. A 2019-2025 RAV4 and a 2026 RAV4 never share a factory size. If you bought the car used, check the model year on the registration, not the seller's listing.
3. Identify your AWD system. Gas LE, XLE and XLE Premium AWD, torque-vectoring Adventure, Limited and TRD Off-Road, or hybrid AWD with a rear motor. FWD cars skip step 5.
4. Match or exceed the load index. Never go below the placard. Extra Load is fine, and in the 19- and 20-inch sizes it's the norm.
5. Gauge the tread on all four tires. If you're replacing fewer than four on an AWD RAV4, every tire staying on the car has to be within 2/32 of the new tire. If not, shave the new tire or replace all four.
6. Buy four of the same make and model. That's the only way to start with tires that are actually the same circumference.

Ready to shop? Find tires that fit your RAV4 by year and trim.

Conclusion

RAV4 tire sizes split cleanly by generation. A 2019-2025 RAV4 runs 225/65R17, 225/60R18 or 235/55R19 depending on trim, and the off-road TRD Off-Road and Woodland Edition use the same 225/60R18 as the 18-inch street trims. The 2026 RAV4 moved every trim to a 235 size and gave the Woodland its own taller 235/65R18.

The size is the easy part. On an AWD RAV4, the real specification is how closely your four tires match, and Toyota doesn't publish a number. The math gives you one: 2/32 of tread, or about 10 mm of circumference. Hold to it, buy four of the same tire, and the AWD system never has to fight your tires.

Key Takeaways

Here's what to remember before you buy.

• 2019-2025 sizes: 225/65R17 on the 17-inch trims, 225/60R18 on the 18-inch hybrids, TRD Off-Road and Woodland Edition, and 235/55R19 on the gas XLE Premium, Adventure and Limited.
• 2026 sizes: 235/65R17, 235/60R18, 235/50R20, and a 235/65R18 all-terrain on the Woodland. Every size is wider and taller than before.
• Don't cross generations: 2025 tires on a 2026 throw the speedometer off by about 2 percent, up to almost 5 percent on the Woodland, and carry less load.
• Toyota sets no number: The manual says not to mix tires of remarkably different wear. Use 2/32 of tread, about 10 mm of circumference, as your limit.
• New isn't matched: New tires in the same size can start 4/32 apart. Buy four of the same make and model.
• Load index: Match or exceed the placard. Extra Load is normal in the 19- and 20-inch sizes.

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