Circle Length Calculator

Calculate the circle length with this fantastic tool, and know its circumference, radius, or diameter.

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Area78.539816from radius 5
Radius5
Diameter10
Circumference31.415927
Area78.539816
Area of the enclosing square100the circle fills 78.54% of it

Working

Radius5
C = 2πr2 × π × 5 = 31.415927
A = πr²π × 5² = 78.539816

The formulas

C = 2πr, A = πr², d = 2r

Everything follows from the radius

A circle has one degree of freedom, so any single measurement fixes all the others:

  • d = 2r
  • C = 2πr = πd
  • A = πr² = πd²/4 = C²/4π

Going backwards, r = C/2π and r = √(A/π). The calculator above accepts whichever you happen to have.

Area grows with the square

Double the radius and the circumference doubles, but the area quadruples. That is why a 16-inch pizza is more than twice the food of a an 11-inch one, and why pipe capacity rises so sharply with bore.