What size is a 5 mm drill bit?

A 5 mm drill bit is 0.1968 in in diameter, which is 5.000 mm.

What thread does a 5 mm drill bit tap?

A 5 mm drill bit is the tap drill for M6×1 at 75% requested thread engagement, where it leaves 77.0% thread with a cut tap.

What fraction is a 5 mm drill bit closest to?

A 5 mm drill bit (0.1968 in) sits closest to the 13/64" fractional drill at 0.2031 in, a difference of 0.0063 in.

Metric drill · 5 mm

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

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

A 5 mm drill bit is 0.1968 in (5.000 mm) in diameter. It is the tap drill for M6×1 at 75% thread engagement with a cut tap, where it leaves 77.0% thread. The nearest fractional size is 13/64" at 0.2031 in. Diameters are nominal.

Series: Metric
Designation: 5 mm
Inch: 0.1968
mm: 5.000
Standard: ANSI/ASME B94.11M

Metric Drill · 5 mm · nominal diameter

0.1968 in

Millimetre: 5.000mm
Taps: M6×1

Nominal diameter. As a tap drill it leaves 77.0% thread in M6×1 with a cut tap.

5 mm Drill Bit Size in Inches and Millimetres

The nominal diameter of a 5 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 mm drill bit — decimal inch and millimetre diameter
Property	Value
Diameter, decimal inch	0.1968 in
Diameter, millimetre	5.000 mm
Cross-sectional area	0.03043 in²

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

Threads a 5 mm Drill Bit Taps

Every thread in this reference whose tap drill is the 5 mm drill bit, and the thread engagement it leaves. The engagement asked for and the engagement the drill actually produces are different numbers — that gap is why both columns are here.

Threads tapped with a 5 mm drill bit, by thread engagement
Thread	Series	Thread % asked for	Thread % this drill leaves
M6×1	ISO Metric Coarse	75%default	77.0
M6×1	ISO Metric Coarse	80%	77.0

Values are for cut taps. Rows marked default are the shop-default engagement for that thread.

5 mm Drill Bit Equivalents in Every Other Drill Series

The closest size to the 5 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 mm drill bit
Property	Property	Diameter		Property
Drill	Series	in	mm	Difference, in
#9	Number	0.1960	4.978	−0.0008
A	Letter	0.2340	5.944	+0.0372
13/64"	Fractional	0.2031	5.159	+0.0063

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 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 mm drill bit, by diameter
Property	Property	Diameter
Drill	Series	in	mm
#10	Number	0.1935	4.915
#9	Number	0.1960	4.978
5 mm	Metric	0.1968	5.000
#8	Number	0.1990	5.055
5.1 mm	Metric	0.2008	5.100

Sources and Method for the 5 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.

Tap drill usagecomputed+compiled

bd_warehouse drill_sizes.csv (Apache-2.0) + Wikipedia Drill bit sizes (CC BY-SA 4.0); fractional and metric computed from ANSI B94.11M / BS 328 increment patterns

Verified against drills: 31 checks passed across 1 harness(es)

Part computed from the standard's formulas, part compiled from agreeing public sources.

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.
Tap drill usage assumes cut taps. M6×1 at 75% requested engagement is what this drill is normally bought for.
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

How this data is built and checked →

How to Cite This 5 mm Drill Bit Reference

Citation

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

BibTeX

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

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Common Questions About the 5 mm Drill Bit

What size is a 5 mm drill bit?: A 5 mm drill bit is 0.1968 in in diameter, which is 5.000 mm.
What thread does a 5 mm drill bit tap?: A 5 mm drill bit is the tap drill for M6×1 at 75% requested thread engagement, where it leaves 77.0% thread with a cut tap.
What fraction is a 5 mm drill bit closest to?: A 5 mm drill bit (0.1968 in) sits closest to the 13/64" fractional drill at 0.2031 in, a difference of 0.0063 in.

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