Tire Buying Guide
Understand your weather, choose the right tire
What's the right tire for your climate?
Finding the answer can be challenging, but getting it right is crucial to your safety. We've made it easier to choose the right tire with this helpful guide!
All season tires
All season tires, like our Nokian Tyres One family and UHP all-season Nokian Tyres Surpass, are meant to be driven in temperatures of 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) and above. Their rubber compounds and tread patterns are built for high performance and durability on spring and summer roads, but they are not designed to drive in snow and ice. In fact, even when roads are dry, all season tires tend to lose much of their grip when temperatures fall below 45 degrees Fahrenheit, which hardens their rubber compounds and lowers their responsiveness to the road. Read more about when to run all-season tires here.
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All Weather Tires
All weather tires are rated for winter use and suitable to drive year-round in areas where winter is unpredictable. Our all-weather tires feature the severe service emblem (also known as the Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake), which indicates they meet the necessary standards to be certified for driving in winter weather. The symbol also indicates the tires are legal for winter driving in places that require winter tires during that season. Nokian Tyres invented the winter tire and created the first all weather tire. We’ve made six generations of the latter, including our most recent all weather tires, the Nokian Tyres Remedy WRG5 and the all-weather, all-terrain Nokian Tyres Outpost family. Read more about the differences between all-season and all-weather tires below.
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Winter Tires
Nokian Tyres was built on inventing snow tires that could safely withstand harsh Finnish winters - and this is how our flagship Hakkapeliitta winter tire was born over 90 years ago. Winter tires are designed to be driven in temperatures below 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius), and are certified with the Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake. Winter tires have softer compounds that remain flexible in figid temperatures, allowing for more precise contact with snowy, icy and cold surfaces. In extreme winter conditions there’s nothing safer than a dedicated winter tire, like our studded Hakkapeliitta 10. The latest non-studded generation of our flagship snow tire is the award-winning Hakkapeliitta R5. Wondering if winter tires are worth it? Read more here.
Read our winter driving tips