Skip to content
Winter tyre

Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3

EU tyre label for every size: 36 sizes of this winter tyre compared with the rest of the market

The Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 is a winter tyre for passenger cars. Its supplier has registered it in the EU product database (EPREL) in 36 sizes (36 registrations including load and speed variants), for 16″ to 20″ rims.

Wet grip is rated A–B depending on size, fuel efficiency B–C and external rolling noise 72 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 225/55 R17 (Wet grip A · Fuel efficiency B · 72 dB), the weakest 195/55 R20 (Wet grip B · Fuel efficiency C · 72 dB).

On the EU market since May 2025; the earliest production week registered is 11/2025.

Wet grip
AB
A 58% · B 42%
Fuel efficiency
BC
B 39% · C 61%
Rolling noise72 dBmedian 72 dB
Sizes36rims 16″ to 20″
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 (35 sizes had at least four rivals). A size scores when its label is at least as good as 75% of them.

Wet grip100% of compared sizes
Fuel efficiency100% of compared sizes
Rolling noise0% of compared sizes

Strongest point: wet grip. Weakest point: rolling noise, where most same-size rivals do as well or better.

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

≈37 m with class B, against ≈41 m for the most common class in this size (C).

Fuel efficiency

Class C, the most common class in this size: no difference to the typical tyre.

Rolling noise

72 dB against a median of 72 dB in this size.

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 36 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
16″ rims
195/55R1691H XLB99%C99%72 dBB56%3PMSF13/2025
205/55R1694H XLB99%C99%72 dBB58%3PMSF12/2025
205/60R1696H XLB99%C97%72 dBB57%3PMSF14/2025
215/60R1699V XLB99%B100%72 dBB60%3PMSF13/2025
215/65R16102V XLB99%B100%72 dBB62%3PMSF12/2025
17″ rims
205/50R1793V XLB98%C98%72 dBB64%3PMSF13/2025
205/55R1795H XLB98%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF14/2025
205/60R1797H XLB88%B100%72 dBB73%3PMSF12/2025
215/50R1795V XLA100%C98%72 dBB64%3PMSF12/2025
215/55R1798V XLA100%C97%72 dBB61%3PMSF14/2025
215/60R17100V XLB99%B100%72 dBB63%3PMSF13/2025
215/65R17103H XLB98%B100%72 dBB63%3PMSF14/2025
225/45R1794V XLA100%C99%72 dBB66%3PMSF11/2025
225/50R1798V XLA100%C97%72 dBB65%3PMSF12/2025
225/55R17101V XLA100%B100%72 dBB67%3PMSF12/2025
225/60R17103V XLA100%B100%72 dBB65%3PMSF12/2025
225/65R17106H XLA100%B100%72 dBB67%3PMSF12/2025
235/55R17103V XLA100%B100%72 dBB69%3PMSF12/2025
18″ rims
195/55R1893H XLB93%C79%72 dBB7%3PMSF14/2025
195/60R1896H XLB96%C87%72 dBB36%3PMSF13/2025
215/40R1889V XLA100%C100%72 dBB59%3PMSF13/2025
215/50R1896V XLA100%C96%72 dBB55%3PMSF14/2025
215/55R1899V XLA100%B100%72 dBB60%3PMSF12/2025
225/40R1892V XLA100%C99%72 dBB65%3PMSF14/2025
225/45R1895V XLA100%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF13/2025
225/50R1899V XLA100%B100%72 dBB63%3PMSF11/2025
225/55R18102V XLA100%C92%72 dBB62%3PMSF14/2025
225/60R18104V XLA100%C94%72 dBB62%3PMSF11/2025
19″ rims
HL195/45R1991H XLB–C–72 dBB–3PMSF28/2026
205/55R1997H XLB95%B100%72 dBB44%3PMSF13/2025
215/50R1997V XLA100%B98%72 dBB32%3PMSF12/2025
225/45R1996V XLA100%C97%72 dBB58%3PMSF11/2025
225/50R19100V XLA100%B100%72 dBB57%3PMSF11/2025
20″ rims
195/55R2095H XLB97%C84%72 dBB32%3PMSF12/2025
215/45R2095V XLA100%C92%72 dBB51%3PMSF12/2025
235/40R2096V XLA100%C93%72 dBB50%3PMSF13/2025

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 Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 a quiet tyre?

Its declared rolling noise is 72 dB in every size. In 0% of the sizes we could compare, it is at least as quiet as three quarters of same-size rivals.

How good is the Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 in the wet?

Its wet grip class is A–B. In 100% of compared sizes that is at least as good as three quarters of same-size rivals.

Is the Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 suitable for snow?

36 of 36 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 Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 launched?

It has been on the EU market since May 2025. The earliest production week in its registrations is 11/2025; the DOT code on the sidewall shows the week and year of your tyre.

More from Pirelli

Source: EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry for energy labelling — 36 registrations, data as of 25 October 2026. Suppliers have updated 0 of these registrations since first publication. Label values are the supplier’s declaration.