The Best All-Weather Tires for 2022

All-weather tires are hybrid tires that function in all seasons and weather conditions, including mild winters. They offer the best of both worlds in terms of tread design, performance, durability, and cost-effectiveness.

All-weather tires combine the advantages of all-season and winter tires to provide outstanding winter traction while allowing for sensitive handling in warmer conditions. The only drawback to these tires is that they tend to wear out faster than all-season or winter tires.

But are these tires for everyone? Can they handle snow as well as winter tires? This article reviews the best all-weather tires on the market based on performance, weather conditions, price point, and more. We also discuss the basics of all-weather tires, their features, and when and where they can be used. Keep scrolling to learn more!

Who Can Use All-Weather Tires 

As with every tire, not everyone can use all-weather tires. The tire used on your vehicle depends on where you drive, your driving habits, and the price you are willing to pay.

All-weather tires are suitable for drivers who:

• Want a safe and dependable tire in cold and hot weather but don’t want to invest in a set of dedicated winter or summer tires.
• Live in the city, do most of their driving there, and don’t want to change their tires when the temperature drops below seven degrees Celsius.
• Wish to keep the same set of tires throughout the year.

So, if you’re concerned about driving all-season tires in the winter but can’t justify spending the money to buy a second set of dedicated winter tires, all-weather tires are your best bet. 

Features of All-Weather Tires

All-weather tires features include;

• A unique tread design to provide superior ice and snow traction than an all-season tire.
• Durable tread that can withstand a wide range of inclement weather conditions.
• Wide lateral grooves increase grip and ensure that you have better traction while on the road. 
• Multi-wave sipes that aid in navigating ice and snow while allowing for safe braking and acceleration on dry and wet pavements.
• Some have snow claws for better traction in deep snow.
• A 3PMSF symbol on the sidewall indicates they meet the minimum requirements for providing ice and snow traction.

The Best All-weather Tires for 2022

Now that you have a better understanding of all-weather tires and how they differ from all-season and winter tires, let’s take a look at some of the top picks:

Best all-weather tire overall

Michelin CrossClimate 2

Michelin is one of the industry’s oldest and most innovative tire manufacturers, and this is evident in every aspect of the CrossClimate 2. This tire excels at almost everything. 

The CrossClimate2 has a tread compound moulded into a V-formation directional tread design to handle dry, wet, and winter weather while remaining flexible in cold temperatures.

Michelin Piano Noise Reduction Tuning technology in the tire helps to tune out airborne noise, resulting in a quiet ride.

Its steering response and cornering grip on dry roads are as good as a summer tire. 

Pros

• Quiet and smooth ride
• Effective hydroplaning resistance
• Excellent steering and cornering performance
• Short braking distances on both wet and dry surfaces

Cons

• Expensive
• Shorter treadwear warranty compared to competitors.

Best year-around all-weather tire 

Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady

If you live in an area that experiences mild snow and wish to keep the exact tire all year, the Assurance WeatherReady tire is what you need. This tire is certified for severe winter and snow, meaning it can handle just about anything the colder months throw at it.

The special soy-based tread compound moulded into an asymmetric tread design is optimized for traction and handling in any weather condition. It also has Goodyear’s 3D Tread Lock Technology blades in the center and outboard tread ribs to provide a stable cornering grip. 

Furthermore, zigzag sipes improve winter performance by providing traction on snow and slush for a confident winter experience.

Goodyear incorporates circumferential grooves and sweeping tread grooves into the tread pattern to improve wet pavement performance, reducing hydroplaning risk and improving wet grip. 

Goodyear backs the Assurance WeatherReady with a 60,000-mile treadwear warranty. 

Pros

• Excellent wet and dry traction
• Comfortable ride quality
• Remarkable performance in snow and ice
• Outstanding handling and steering performance

Cons

• Short tread life warranty

Best all-weather tire for rain

Firestone WeatherGrip

The Firestone WeatherGrip is a grand touring all-weather tire designed for coupes, family sedans, station wagons, and crossover drivers who want comfort, outstanding wet grip, improved light snow traction, and longer tread life. 

Firestone’s Hydro-Grip Technology Package, in combination with full-depth grooves and open shoulders, improves wet traction, while chamfered shoulder blocks reduce braking distances on wet surfaces. 

Snow Traction Claw technology on the center ribs and snow vices on the intermediate ribs help provide confident traction in light snow. In addition, high-density zigzag sipes and interlocking grooves create more biting edges for enhanced performance in slick conditions throughout the tire’s life.

Pros

• Short stopping distances on snow
• Safe and predictable handling on light snow and wet surfaces
• Affordable
• Extremely responsive steering control
• All-weather sturdiness.

Cons

• A little bit noisy on the highway.

Best all-weather tire for passenger cars

Toyo Celsius

The Toyo Celsius is built for drivers of passenger cars, minivans, high-performance cars, and crossovers looking for year-round versatility and winter-weather safety.

This is one of the best all-weather tires available, particularly for snow traction. It comes to a stop up to 14 feet shorter in the snow and 8 feet shorter on ice than a standard all-season tire. 

Celsius’ most noticeable feature is the variable sipe density. The outside tread has a lower sipe density for traction on wet and dry roads, whereas the inside tread has a higher sipe density for traction on ice and snow.

It also features embedded snow claws, improving deep snow and mud traction while increasing block rigidity for better ice and wet traction. In addition, slush grooves evacuate slush, water, and melting snow from the tire’s footprint, enhancing hydroplaning resistance.

To help you identify potential alignment issues, Toyo has included an alignment indicator in this tire.

Pros

• Outstanding treadwear warranty
• Outstanding snow traction and braking performance
• It’s relatively quiet
• An excellent all-rounder with great handling in all conditions

Cons

• Not ideal for dry handling

Best all-weather tire for light trucks and SUVs 

Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac

The Wrangler DuraTrac is designed for SUV and light truck owners who want a reliable solution in most conditions they encounter. It is a fantastic tire for both on-road and off-road driving. It has excellent traction in snow, great handling, and is great value for money.

The Wrangler DuraTrac features a rugged tread compound that helps resist tread block chipping, chunking, and tearing during heavy loading and towing. 

Its symmetric tread design combines large shoulders and highly angled center tread blocks to enhance stability and traction in dry and wet conditions.

In addition, Self-cleaning, stepped shoulder blocks, zigzag sipes, and tractive groove technology at the base of the circumferential grooves provide multiple biting edges to enhance traction in deep mud and snow.

Wrangler DuraTrac also features a rim lock that helps prevent wheel slip throughout the tire’s life and offers a built-in rim protector to help protect wheels from accidental damage. 

Pros

• Outstanding off-road traction
• Impressive snow and ice traction
• Long-lasting tread 

Cons

• A bit noisy on dry pavement

Best budget-friendly all-weather tire

General AltiMAX 365 AW 

You can never go wrong with the General AltiMAX 365AW. It combines the best features of an all-season tire with the superior performance of a winter tire to provide true year-round traction and performance for drivers of coupes, sedans, minivans, and SUVs.

The AltiMAX 365 AW has an asymmetric tread pattern that provides traction on snowy and slushy roads while maintaining wet and dry performance. Additionally, the tire’s high-silica hybrid rubber compound keeps it flexible all year to consistently grip the road.

The lower sipe density of the center rib promotes even wear and increased steering response, with the added benefit of low noise output.

It also has a sinusoidal siping system that creates extra biting edges to improve grip for better traction, acceleration, and braking performance.

Water, slush, and melting snow are channeled away from the tire’s contact patch by the wide circumferential and lateral grooves, which improves aquaplaning resistance.

General Tire has included a Visual Alignment Indicator (VAI) on the sidewall to monitor tread wear and wheel misalignment.

The AltiMAX 365AW is an excellent choice for an affordable year-round tire with good tread wear, ride comfort, low noise output, and impressive dry, wet, and snow handling.

Pros

• Affordable.
• Excellent grip in any weather.
• Great steering response.
• Comfortable ride that is quiet at average speeds
• Remarkable tread life.

Cons

• Inadequate traction on dry surfaces

Best all-weather tire for snow

Nokian WR G4 

This fourth-generation Nokian all-weather tire builds on the uncompromising performance of its predecessors with innovations that ensure performance in snowstorms, heavy rain, or sun-scorched asphalt, regardless of the season.

The Nokian WR G4 is a safe and reliable choice for sport utility vehicles, crossovers, minivans, passenger cars, pickup trucks, and vans. This tire steers as precisely on wet highways or rural roads as it does in busy urban traffic. Most importantly, it offers peace of mind in even the most demanding conditions.

The sturdy longitudinal rib at the centre of the tire is equipped with jagged sipes that resemble centipede footprints to increase grip on snow and slush. The Centipede Siping works well at a wide range of turning angles, increasing contact surface and improving control.

Winter grip is further improved by the block pattern shaped on the inner shoulder side of the center rib. 

With a new All-Weather Dual Performance Compound, the Nokian WR G4 features longer-lasting tread life and is backed by a 65,000-mile treadwear warranty. 

Pros

• Exceptional snow traction
• Outstanding hydroplaning resistance
• Reliable ice traction
• Excellent performance on dry and wet roads
• Impressive treadwear warranty

Cons

• It isn’t very responsive in hot conditions
• Expensive

Conclusion 

While all-weather tires cannot compete with dedicated snow and summer tire performance, they are an excellent all-year tire option that performs well in heat and snow and is safer than all-season tires. They also save you the hassle of purchasing and storing an extra set of tires.

If you live in an area with mild to moderate winter weather, we are confident that the list above will assist you in finding a tire that is ideal for you.

Shop for your next set of all-weather tires online, or speak with a service advisor at your local Trail Tire today!