BenchReference / Drill sizes / 3 mm 3 mm Drill Decimal inches 0.1181″
Millimeters 3 mm
System Metric
Nearest equivalents in other systems System Nearest drill Size Difference Fractional inch 1/8″ 0.1250″ / 3.175 mm +0.175 mm (+0.0069″)
Number (wire gauge) #31 0.1200″ / 3.048 mm +0.048 mm (+0.0019″)
Letter A 0.2340″ / 5.944 mm +2.944 mm (+0.1159″)
−0.24 mm +0.24 mm 3 mm 2.8 mm −0.2 mm 2.9 mm −0.1 mm 3.1 mm +0.1 mm 3.2 mm +0.2 mm #31 +0.048 mm 1/8″ +0.175 mm A +2.944 mm → tick position = true diameter · metric neighbors above, equivalents below · window ±0.24 mm
Positive difference = cuts a slightly larger hole than 3 mm. Sizes
beyond the window are listed with arrows — they are not close substitutes.
Neighboring metric sizes Drill Decimal in mm vs 3 mm 2.8 mm 0.1102 2.8 −0.2 mm 2.9 mm 0.1142 2.9 −0.1 mm 3 mm 0.1181 3 — 3.1 mm 0.1220 3.1 +0.1 mm 3.2 mm 0.1260 3.2 +0.2 mm
← 2.9 mm (smaller) 3.1 mm (larger) →
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Data provenance. ASME B94.11M, Twist Drills (standard drill size series) (ASME). Millimeter and inch values are converted with the exact definition 1 in = 25.4 mm; the canonical dimension for this metric size is 3 mm. See all data sources .