Renault Clio Dimensions
4.05 m long, 1.80 m wide and 1.44 m tall, with a 366 litres boot and a 1,180 kg kerb weight — and what those numbers mean for a UK garage and a marked parking bay.
Length
4.05 m
Width
1.80 m
Height
1.44 m
Boot
366 L
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Renault Clio size and weight in full
Figures for the most common UK specification of the Renault Clio.
| Measurement | Renault Clio | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 4,050 mm (4.05 m) | Nose to tail, excluding a towbar |
| Width | 1,798 mm (1.80 m) | Body only — door mirrors are not included |
| Height | 1,440 mm (1.44 m) | Unladen, roof bars and aerial excluded |
| Kerb weight | 1,180 kg | Car plus fluids, no occupants or luggage |
| Boot capacity | 366 litres | Manufacturer-quoted, rear seats up |
| Fuel tank | 42 litres | Usable capacity varies with the fuel-light reserve |
| Doors | 5 | — |
| Seats | 5 | — |
| Body type | Hatchback | — |
Representative figures for the most common UK specification. Where a nameplate spans several generations these reflect the version most common on UK roads, so treat them as a shortlisting guide and check the handbook for a specific car. Last reviewed August 2026.
Will a Renault Clio fit your garage or parking space?
Almost nobody searches for a car's length out of curiosity. They are working out whether it clears a garage door, whether the doors will open in a supermarket bay, or whether it will hang over the end of a driveway. Here is the Renault Clio measured against the two spaces that usually decide it.
Standard parking bay (2.40 m × 4.80 m)
- Length spare
- 75 cm
- Gap each side
- 30 cm
It sits inside the marked box, so the usual constraint is the car next to you rather than the bay itself. The side gap is reasonable before mirrors are counted.
Typical single garage (2.40 m × 5.00 m inside)
- Length spare
- 95 cm
- Gap each side
- 30 cm
The reference garage is the same 2.40 m wide as a marked bay, so the side gap matches — but here it is a wall, not a car that might have parked badly. The length works on paper, but that spare is shared between the door and whatever is stored at the back. Older UK garages are frequently narrower and shorter than this.
Read the width figure carefully
The 1,798 mm above is body width with the mirrors excluded, which is how manufacturers publish it. Mirrors add a meaningful amount on each side — enough to turn a comfortable garage into a folded-mirror one — so treat every side-clearance figure on this page as a best case. The bay and garage sizes are common UK conventions, not regulations: bays are marked differently from car park to car park, and garage interiors vary by decade of build. Measure your own opening before you buy.
Height is rarely the problem in the UK: the tallest car in this dataset is still under 1.75 m, so a height-barrier car park is normally only an issue once a roof box or bike carrier is on top. The Renault Clio stands 1,440 mm unladen without them.
How the Renault Clio compares to other hatchbacks
Averaged across the 22 hatchback models we hold full dimension data for. Averages are computed from the same committed figures shown on every page in this cluster — nothing is modelled or estimated.
| Measurement | Renault Clio | Average hatchback | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 4,050 mm | 4,173 mm | 123 mm shorter |
| Width | 1,798 mm | 1,769 mm | 29 mm wider |
| Height | 1,440 mm | 1,461 mm | 21 mm lower |
| Kerb weight | 1,180 kg | 1,210 kg | 30 kg lighter |
| Boot | 366 litres | 344 litres | 22 litres bigger |
Across every model in the dataset the Renault Clio is the 33rd longest of 40 and the 27th biggest boot. Within hatchbacks alone it is 15 of 22 on length and 10 of 22 on boot space.
Renault Clio Euro NCAP rating
Size and weight are not a safety rating — crash protection is measured, not inferred from a kerb weight. Since anyone sizing up a car is usually weighing both, here is the tested result: the Renault Clio scored 5 stars when Euro NCAP tested it in 2019.
- Adult
- 96%
- Child
- 89%
- Pedestrian
- 72%
- Safety assist
- 75%
Euro NCAP protocols tighten over time, so a rating from an earlier year is not directly comparable with a newer one.
Cars a similar size to the Renault Clio
Closest on combined length and width, so these occupy roughly the same space on a driveway.
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Renault Clio dimensions — FAQ
What are the dimensions of a Renault Clio?
How big is the Renault Clio boot?
Will a Renault Clio fit in a standard UK garage?
Does the Renault Clio fit in a standard parking bay?
How much does a Renault Clio weigh?
Are these Renault Clio figures the same for every model year?
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