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Best Tyres for the Nissan Micra

Nissan Micra drivers have left 58 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 820,760 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car. The numbers include 1 Micra variants, listed further down.

  • 58owner reviews
  • 820,760 milescovered on them
  • 49different tyres rated
  • 70%average tyre score
Most fitted size - 9 reviews 225/45 R17 To scale, mm
Ø 634 225 101 17" 101 All 225/45 R17 data →

The quick answer

The quick answer - Nissan Micra
Season Owners' pick Owner rating Our category test
Summer Toyo T1R 7.6 Current version: Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ 61% from 3 reviews Best Summer Tyres

Highest weighted owner score from Nissan Micra drivers. Full rankings and the evidence behind them below.

The best rated tyres for the Nissan Micra

Rated only by drivers of this car. Each tyre needs at least 3 reviews from the Nissan Micra to be ranked; the order weights a tyre's score by how many reviews back it, so one glowing review cannot top a table.

Summer tyres

The highest rated tyre in the Summer category for the Nissan Micra is the Toyo T1R - 61% from 3 owner reviews across 54,000 miles. The current tyre in that line is now the Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+.

Summer tyres ranked by Nissan Micra owner rating
# Tyre Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed TR Score
1 Toyo T1R Replaced by Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ 61% 3 54,000 miles 7.6
2 Bridgestone Turanza T005 Replaced by Bridgestone Turanza 6 52% 3 24,798 miles 8.6

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →

TR Score is the tyre's overall Tyre Reviews rating out of 10, built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre - not just the reviews from this car. The owner rating column is this car only.

The best rated tyres that fit the Nissan Micra

The rankings above can only speak for tyres a Nissan Micra driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16, 175/60 R15 and 155/70 R13 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.

Summer tyres

Our highest rated tyre in the Summer category, in this car's sizes, is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, at 9.7 out of 10.

Highest rated Summer tyres made in Nissan Micra sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Nissan Micra reviews
1 Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 225/45 R17 Be the first →
2 Continental PremiumContact 7 9.5 225/45 R17 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo 9.5 225/45 R17 Be the first →
4 Falken ZIEX ZE320 9.4 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16 Be the first →
5 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →
6 Michelin Pilot Sport 5 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Summer Tyres →

All Season tyres

No Nissan Micra driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.

Highest rated All Season tyres made in Nissan Micra sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Nissan Micra reviews
1 Pirelli Cinturato All Season SF3 9.6 225/45 R17 Be the first →
2 BFGoodrich Advantage All Season 9.5 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16, 175/60 R15 Be the first →
3 Continental AllSeasonContact 2 9.5 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16 Be the first →
4 Vredestein Quatrac 9.5 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16 Be the first →
5 Michelin CrossClimate 3 9.5 225/45 R17 Be the first →
6 Kleber Quadraxer 3 9.4 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16, 175/60 R15 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4

Winter tyres

No Nissan Micra driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 is our highest rated, at 9.5 out of 10.

Highest rated Winter tyres made in Nissan Micra sizes
# Tyre TR Score Made in Nissan Micra reviews
1 Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3 9.5 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16 Be the first →
2 Michelin Alpin 7 9.5 225/45 R17 Be the first →
3 Bridgestone Blizzak 6 9.4 225/45 R17, 185/50 R16 Be the first →
4 Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ 9.4 175/60 R15 1
5 Goodyear UltraGrip Ice 3 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →
6 Nokian Snowproof 3P 9.4 225/45 R17 Be the first →

Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres → Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3

Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.

How long do tyres last on the Nissan Micra?

Across 12 end of life reviews from Nissan Micra drivers, a typical set of tyres was worn out after 23,000 miles. Half of all worn-out sets lasted between 10,000 miles and 35,000 miles.

Distances are self-reported by drivers whose review marked the set as worn out; figures are medians, so a single unusual report cannot move them.

Every tyre reviewed on the Nissan Micra

The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 42 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.

All tyres reviewed by Nissan Micra drivers
Tyre Season Owner rating Reviews Distance reviewed
Toyo T1R Replaced by Toyo Proxes T1 Sport+ Summer 61% 3 54,000 miles
Bridgestone Turanza T005 Replaced by Bridgestone Turanza 6 Summer 52% 3 24,798 miles
Kumho Solus KH17 Summer 85% 2 6,000 miles
Cooper WM SA2 Replaced by Cooper Weather Master SA2+ Winter 85% 2 13,000 miles
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 Summer 79% 2 130,000 miles
Yokohama BluEarth AE01 Summer 78% 2 4,012 miles
Evergreen DynaComfort EH226 Summer 61% 2 24,000 miles

Tyre sizes Nissan Micra drivers run

The sizes fitted in the reviews on this page. Each one links to the top rated tyres in that size, across every car.

Nissan Micra variants, reviewed separately

These trims and body styles have pages of their own. Their reviews are already counted in the rankings above.

What Nissan Micra drivers say

The most recent owner reviews from this car, in their own words.

32%
Aplus A909 165-60-14 Nissan Micra 1,000 miles October 9, 2026

Installed these tires on my 2002 Nissan Micra K11 to replace old worn ones.

They mounted balanced pretty easily.
First impressions on city roads, slightly damp : holy Jesus these are bad. I spun the rear of my car at 25-30kmh in a wide roundabout.

Blamed it on them needing broken in, but I've driven 1000km with them and I can say with confidence they're the worst tires I've ever driven on.

To be fair, dry weather they're OK, grip enough to be safe but don't think about going faster than the speed limit.

Wet weather they're worse than 15yr old dry rotted Hankook all seasons I had before. Braking distances horrible, almost like driving on ice, and I can spin the wheels in second with a 60hp grandma mobile.

Definitely never buy these.

74%
Bridgestone Turanza T005 225-45-17 Nissan Micra 17,398 miles September 23, 2026
I find that for tires around €140, similar in price to Michelin, Continental, Goodyear, the number of kilometers is low compared to other brands that have done about 50,000 km for €10 more. I'm considering buying GT Radial Sport Active2 or BF Goodrich Advantage 2, estimated at 45,000 km for less than €90 per tire.
55%
Evergreen DynaComfort EH226 185-50-16 Nissan Micra 24,000 miles August 28, 2026

on dry ground: good. good behavior.
on wet ground: very bad in curves, in traffic, you need to keep a reasonable distance.
little comfort but that's normal with a size 50. tire is not noisy on various surfaces.
so far I have only covered 24000 km in 57 months. so nothing to report.

90%
Yokohama BluEarth Es ES32 165-65-14 Nissan Micra 23,000 miles August 17, 2026

Had four fitted, front and back to a 25 year old Nissan Micra. Front needed replacing after 23,000 miles, but the rears have done 45,000 and still have 5mm of tread ! I drive carefully, so 23,000 is a little disappointing, but 45,000 on the rear, with 5mm of tread left is exceptional. I originally bought them for fuel efficiency and the low noise level (lower than Hankook, Mitchelin etc.) and they have delivered on both.

66%
Evergreen DynaComfort EH226 185-50-16 Nissan Micra October 7, 2025
dry grip: good. wet grip: not good. you have to drive carefully, smoothly. and even more so on curves and tight bends. uncomfortable tire. maybe because of the size 50? and deflates very quickly. maybe because of the speed bumps? I redo the pressure every 500 km. I have to put about 1 bar of pressure back. (the valves are new and the rims are original, without shocks). as for wear I don't know yet. I swap them every 10,000 km. we'll see in the end. tire not noisy. buying this tire is unlikely because on wet ground it's limited.
81%
Michelin Pilot Sport 3 PS3 195-50-15- Nissan Micra 20,000 miles April 7, 2024
the michelin pilot sport 3 was fitted on my micra k12 1.2 and i was super satisfied with them. all four tyres were fitted at the same time on new wheel rims. i drove around 33k kms with them and still plenty of tread left. it was around approx 4mm tread across all tyres. so i guess may be 40% of its life remained.

the first 15k kms were insane. the tyres were very responsive and you could feel that they would not let you down. i was very happy with stability especially in fast corners and quick steering where the car remained stable at high speed and the tyres responded. I felt much more comfortable driving in the wet with them, i could feel the tyres had more grip that in the dry. The tyres needed to be fired up to good temperature in order to perform well and once u drove normally around with them, you could easily start going into fast corners at high speed without feeling that the tyres would slide. in fact in wet conditions, you could afford to do things you don't normally do when it's raining.

the performance started to drop as the tyres started to wear out but it was hardly noticeable. hitting the 20k km mark, driving was still very pleasant and still plenty of tread left but i would say its performance compared to when its new, may have drop approx. around lets say 75%. i think that one could take its life tread away completely and still feel comfortable driving around because their drop in performance is at low rate. well road noise is there like any other tyres so they didn't disturbed, in fact it was pleasant hearing them as i could say to any1 'hear my pilot sport roaring' lol will definitely recommend these tyres and will buy again in a heartbeat/
90%
Maxxis Mecotra ME3 175-60-15- Nissan Micra 2,000 miles April 12, 2023
I have a 2015 Nissan Micra (K13), and there are limited choices available for the size 175/60R15. I bought these Maxxis tires with some trepidation after reading about their alleged poor wet handling and road noise, but so far (2,000 km) I don't see any problems at all. The handling and grip on dry pavement are absolutely superb (as confirmed by the top dry ranking in the ADAC/Stiftung Warentest test), and I haven't had any problems at all driving in light or heavy rain on city streets or rural roads. At highway speeds, there was a little understeer on very wet roads, though this felt more like a somewhat lighter touch to the steering than a lack of control. The tires also aren't noisy. I gather this is more of an issue on 14-inch tires, but in 15-inch they're definitely quieter than the Bridgestone B250 that came with the car, with one exception - the resonant "plonk" noise that the tires make when you drive over a stone, hit a kerb, etc. is a bit more noticeable. All in all, the tire seems very well matched to a small car like the Micra, and (remember these are first impressions) so far I am very pleasantly surprised, not least because they were very reasonably priced for a Taiwan-made tire.
96%
Goodyear UltraGrip 9+ 175-60-14- Nissan Micra 2,000 miles March 23, 2023
I have a Nissan Micra, so there's a relatively limited range of tires available for 175/60R15, most of which are older models. So a reasonably priced brand-new Goodyear was a pretty obvious choice when I needed new winter tires. And they haven't disappointed. The Micra feels like a whole new car, with far better traction and handling than the Semperit Master-Grip 2 that were fitted before, and braking distance and overall performance seems to have improved as well. I can't comment on severe ice and snow, as we didn't have too much of that this winter, but traction was very good on one icy day and it handled moderate snow cover with ease. I haven't driven too much on rural roads or motorways, but handling was fine and the tire seemed quieter at highway speeds.
84%
Maxtrek MAXIMUS M1 195-50-15- Nissan Micra 50,000 miles January 14, 2023
It was on my Nissan Micra 2014 i used the tyre for a total of 3 year i put the tyre on rear, the front tyre have been toyo and have been replaced and put on. While the maxtrek is still the same at rear.
77%
Laufenn G Fit AS 185-60-15- Nissan Micra 1.2 SX 3,200 miles May 24, 2022
The tires is pretty quiet, have soft compound and it make the ride feel quiet and comfy for me, although the handling is average. So far the tyre feel better than my previous Bridgestone Ecopia tyre. Low price tag too

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