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Kumho HA31

EU tyre label for every size: 29 sizes of this 3PMSF-marked tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Kumho HA31 is a 3PMSF-marked tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 29 sizes (30 registrations including load and speed variants), for 13″ to 18″ rims.

Wet grip is rated C in every size, fuel efficiency C–D and external rolling noise 70–71 dB. Every size carries the three-peak mountain snowflake (3PMSF), the mark for tyres tested in severe snow.

The label depends on the size. Sorted by wet grip, then fuel efficiency, then noise, the best-labelled size on sale is 255/60 R18 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency C · 70 dB), the weakest 275/55 R17 (Wet grip C · Fuel efficiency D · 71 dB).

On the EU market since May 2014; the earliest production week registered is 05/2021.

Wet grip
C
C 100%
Fuel efficiency
CD
C 40% · D 60%
Rolling noise70–71 dBmedian 71 dB
Sizes29rims 13″ to 18″
Snow & ice3PMSF ✓3PMSF all sizes · ice none

How it compares in its sizes

We compared each size with all other winter and 3PMSF tyres of the same size and class in EPREL (29 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip86% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency69% of compared sizes
Rolling noise35% of compared sizes

Strongest point: wet grip.

What the label means on the road (205/55R16)

Example: the 205/55R16 size, compared with the 839 other winter and 3PMSF tyres registered in this size.

Wet braking from 80 km/h

≈41 m with wet grip class C, the most common class in this size.

Fuel efficiency

Class D vs the typical C: ≈0.18 L/100 km more, about 28 litres more over 15,000 km for a 1,500 kg car.

Rolling noise

71 dB against a median of 72 dB in this size (1 dB quieter).

Estimates from the class ranges in Regulation (EU) 2020/740. A label class is a range, so a real tyre can sit anywhere inside it. Every 3 dB doubles the sound energy.

All 29 sizes

The small figure under each class is the share of same-size, same-season tyres this size matches or beats (“–” when fewer than five tyres share the size).

SizeLoad / speedWetFuelNoiseSnow / iceProduction from
13″ rims
165/70R1379TC88%D90%71 dBB60%3PMSF05/2021
175/65R1380TC93%D100%71 dBB55%3PMSF05/2021
175/70R1382TC90%D86%71 dBB62%3PMSF05/2021
14″ rims
175/65R1486T XLC80%D79%71 dBB65%3PMSF05/2021
175/80R1488TC92%D89%71 dBB67%3PMSF05/2021
185/55R1480HC83%D78%71 dBB59%3PMSF05/2021
185/65R1486TC85%D81%71 dBB61%3PMSF05/2021
185/70R1488TC90%C99%71 dBB62%3PMSF05/2021
195/70R1491TC89%D42%71 dBB52%3PMSF05/2021
15″ rims
155/60R1574TC77%D88%71 dBB70%3PMSF05/2021
185/65R1588HC79%D65%71 dBB62%3PMSF05/2021
195/65R1595V XLC77%D55%71 dBB71%3PMSF05/2021
205/60R1591H · 91VC83%D66%71 dBB62%3PMSF05/2021
205/65R1594VC84%D59%71 dBB70%3PMSF05/2021
215/65R1596HC84%C97%71 dBB61%3PMSF05/2021
16″ rims
185/50R1681HC77%C100%71 dBB57%3PMSF05/2021
205/55R1691HC73%D52%71 dBB73%3PMSF05/2021
205/60R1692HC74%D52%71 dBB73%3PMSF05/2021
215/60R1695HC77%C96%71 dBB77%3PMSF05/2021
215/65R1698HC77%C94%71 dBB79%3PMSF05/2021
225/60R16102H XLC84%C97%71 dBB71%3PMSF05/2021
225/70R16103HC89%C99%71 dBB78%3PMSF05/2021
245/70R16107HC90%C96%71 dBB87%3PMSF05/2021
17″ rims
215/55R1798V XLC76%C97%71 dBB77%3PMSF05/2021
225/55R17101V XLC75%C96%71 dBB81%3PMSF05/2021
255/60R17106VC86%C93%71 dBB100%3PMSF05/2021
265/70R17115HC93%D59%70 dBA100%3PMSF05/2021
275/55R17109VC71%D57%71 dBB100%3PMSF05/2021
18″ rims
255/60R18112V XLC82%C85%70 dBA99%3PMSF05/2021

Same label values, different brand

These tyres have exactly the same label values as the Kumho HA31 in most of the sizes they share, and both are registered in EPREL by the same manufacturer. Identical labels do not prove two tyres are the same: classes are broad. But consistent matches across many sizes point to a shared production family.

Best-labelled winter and 3PMSF tyres in 205/55R16

Other tyres on sale in the same size, sorted by wet grip, then noise, then fuel efficiency.

All tyres in 205/55 R16, ranked by label →

Questions

Is the Kumho HA31 a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise ranges from 70 dB to 71 dB (median 71 dB). In 35% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Kumho HA31 in the wet?

Its wet grip class is C. In 86% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Kumho HA31 suitable for snow?

30 of 30 registrations carry the 3PMSF symbol, which means the tyre passed the EU severe-snow test. Check the exact size in the table.

When was the Kumho HA31 launched?

It has been on the EU market since May 2014. The earliest production week in its registrations is 05/2021; the DOT code on the sidewall shows the week and year of your tyre.

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Source: EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry for energy labelling — 30 registrations, data as of 23 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 30 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.