What size is a 5.8 mm drill bit?

A 5.8 mm drill bit is 0.2283 in in diameter, which is 5.800 mm.

What fraction is a 5.8 mm drill bit closest to?

A 5.8 mm drill bit (0.2283 in) sits closest to the 15/64" fractional drill at 0.2344 in, a difference of 0.0060 in.

What bolt fits through a 5.8 mm drill bit hole?

A hole drilled with a 5.8 mm drill bit is the standard loose clearance hole for M5×0.5, and a clearance hole for 1 other fastener sizes listed on this page.

Metric drill · 5.8 mm

5.8 mm Drill Bit Size — Decimal Inch, Millimetre and Tap Sizes

https://shopmath.org/drills/metric/5-8mm · data verified August 1, 2026

A 5.8 mm drill bit is 0.2283 in (5.800 mm) in diameter. The nearest fractional size is 15/64" at 0.2344 in. Diameters are nominal.

Series: Metric
Designation: 5.8 mm
Inch: 0.2283
mm: 5.800
Standard: ANSI/ASME B94.11M

Metric Drill · 5.8 mm · nominal diameter

0.2283 in

Millimetre: 5.800mm

Nominal diameter. A worn or run-out drill cuts oversize, which leaves less thread in a tapped hole than the table says.

5.8 mm Drill Bit Size in Inches and Millimetres

The nominal diameter of a 5.8 mm drill bit. Drill sizes are nominal — a worn drill, run-out or a soft material that closes in behind the cut all move the finished hole.

5.8 mm drill bit — decimal inch and millimetre diameter
Property	Value
Diameter, decimal inch	0.2283 in
Diameter, millimetre	5.800 mm
Cross-sectional area	0.04095 in²

1 in = 25.4 mm exactly, so the two columns are the same value in different units, not two measurements.

Fasteners That Pass Through a 5.8 mm Drill Bit Hole

A hole drilled with a 5.8 mm drill bit is the standard clearance hole for these fasteners — the through-hole the bolt passes freely, not the tapped hole.

Fasteners whose clearance hole is drilled with a 5.8 mm drill bit
Fastener	Series	Clearance class
M5×0.5	ISO Metric Fine	loose
M5×0.8	ISO Metric Coarse	loose

Clearance classes per ISO 273 (metric) and ASME B18.2.8 (inch): close for located joints, normal for general assembly, loose for slotted or adjustable joints.

5.8 mm Drill Bit Equivalents in Every Other Drill Series

The closest size to the 5.8 mm drill bit in each of the other three indexes, with the difference in inches. None of them is the same drill — check the difference before substituting one into a tapped hole.

Nearest number, letter, fractional and metric equivalents to a 5.8 mm drill bit
Property	Property	Diameter		Property
Drill	Series	in	mm	Difference, in
#1	Number	0.2280	5.791	−0.0003
A	Letter	0.2340	5.944	+0.0057
15/64"	Fractional	0.2344	5.953	+0.0060

A positive difference means the equivalent drill is larger, which leaves less thread in a tapped hole. Sizes without a link are stored for the nearest-drill calculation but do not carry their own page.

Drill Sizes Either Side of the 5.8 mm Drill Bit

Ordered by diameter across all four indexes, so the next size up may be a letter, a fraction or a metric drill rather than the next one in this series.

Standard drill sizes adjacent to a 5.8 mm drill bit, by diameter
Property	Property	Diameter
Drill	Series	in	mm
5.7 mm	Metric	0.2244	5.700
#1	Number	0.2280	5.791
5.8 mm	Metric	0.2283	5.800
5.9 mm	Metric	0.2323	5.900
A	Letter	0.2340	5.944

Sources and Method for the 5.8 mm Drill Bit Size

Drill diametercomputed

Number/letter: bd_warehouse drill_sizes.csv (Apache-2.0) cross-checked against Wikipedia Drill bit sizes (CC BY-SA 4.0). Fractional: computed 1/64 in steps per ANSI B94.11M. Metric: computed BS 328 increment pattern.

Verified against Wikipedia Drill bit sizes (CC BY-SA 4.0); 31/31 checks passed

Computed from the standard's formulas, then checked against published tables.

Assumptions

Diameters are nominal. Drill manufacturing tolerance, wear and run-out all cut oversize, and every one of those moves a tapped hole toward less thread than the table says.
Dataset scope: Number sizes #61-#80 are stored but tagged demandTier 'extended' — query-space-map.md Appendix A found the tail thinning in the 60s. Sizes below #80 and metric sizes above 25.0 mm excluded.

Data last verified

August 1, 2026

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How to Cite This 5.8 mm Drill Bit Reference

Citation

ShopMath. "5.8 mm Drill Bit Size — Decimal Inch, Millimetre and Tap Sizes." ShopMath, verified August 1, 2026, https://shopmath.org/drills/metric/5-8mm

BibTeX

@misc{shopmath-drills-metric-5-8mm,
  title        = {5.8 mm Drill Bit Size — Decimal Inch, Millimetre and Tap Sizes},
  author       = {{ShopMath}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://shopmath.org/drills/metric/5-8mm}},
  note         = {Data verified 2026-08-01}
}

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Common Questions About the 5.8 mm Drill Bit

What size is a 5.8 mm drill bit?: A 5.8 mm drill bit is 0.2283 in in diameter, which is 5.800 mm.
What fraction is a 5.8 mm drill bit closest to?: A 5.8 mm drill bit (0.2283 in) sits closest to the 15/64" fractional drill at 0.2344 in, a difference of 0.0060 in.
What bolt fits through a 5.8 mm drill bit hole?: A hole drilled with a 5.8 mm drill bit is the standard loose clearance hole for M5×0.5, and a clearance hole for 1 other fastener sizes listed on this page.

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