Model year 2020 · XU70 (2020–present)

2020 Toyota Highlander specs

The 2020 Toyota Highlander tows 3,500–5,000 lb, carries 1,405–1,685 lb of payload, has 8.0 in of ground clearance, weighs 4,145–4,595 lb at the curb and measures 194.9 in long, by configuration, per Toyota’s own documents.

We hold 18 configurations of the 2020 Highlander, and Toyota gives a figure for every one.

Retail configurations: 18
Documents: 2

2020 Toyota Highlander XLE AWD, front three-quarter view — Photo: Kevauto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

01 / Configurations

Every 2020 Highlander configuration

18 retail configurations sold in 2020, each with the figures Toyota publishes for it. A number a factory package raises shows under the configuration’s own. Toyota gives figures for weights, dimensions, towing and clearance and angles.

202018 configurations

2020 Toyota Highlander XU70: every configuration with its numbers
Configuration	Ground clearance	Approach	Departure	Max towing	Max payload	Curb weight	Tires
XLE FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,635 lb	4,195 lb	P235/65R18M
XLE AWD	8.0 in	17.9°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,565 lb	4,370 lb	P235/65R18M
Hybrid XLE FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,595 lb	4,365 lb	P235/65R18M
Hybrid XLE AWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,485 lb	4,515 lb	P235/65R18M
Limited FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,570 lb	4,260 lb	P235/55R20M
Limited AWD	8.0 in	17.9°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,485 lb	4,450 lb	P235/55R20M
Hybrid Limited FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,530 lb	4,430 lb	P235/55R20M
Hybrid Limited AWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,405 lb	4,595 lb	P235/55R20M
Platinum FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,570 lb	4,260 lb	P235/55R20M
Platinum AWD	8.0 in	17.9°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,485 lb	4,450 lb	P235/55R20M
Hybrid Platinum FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,530 lb	4,430 lb	P235/55R20M
Hybrid Platinum AWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,405 lb	4,595 lb	P235/55R20M
L FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,685 lb	4,145 lb	P235/65R18M
L AWD	8.0 in	17.9°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,605 lb	4,330 lb	P235/65R18M
LE FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,685 lb	4,145 lb	P235/65R18M
LE AWD	8.0 in	17.9°	23.0°	5,000 lb	1,605 lb	4,330 lb	P235/65R18M
Hybrid LE FWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,495 lb	4,330 lb	P235/65R18M
Hybrid LE AWD	8.0 in	18.1°	22.7°	3,500 lb	1,535 lb	4,465 lb	P235/65R18M

MakerSource: 2020 Highlander Product Information

A dash means the maker’s documents we have don’t give that number for that configuration, and a column with no number for any configuration of the year isn’t shown. “Door label” means the maker prints it only on each vehicle’s certification label, and “not published” that the maker doesn’t print it, or points elsewhere. “Up to” is a ceiling the maker prints over several configurations; a range is the maker’s own, printed across the grades of that configuration.

02 / What changed

New for 2020

The 2020 is the earliest Highlander model year we hold, so there is nothing before it to compare.

03 / Tires

2020 Highlander stock tire sizes

The tire sizes Toyota fits at the factory in 2020, the standard ones first.

2020 Toyota Highlander stock tire sizes, with the configurations they are fitted to
Tire size	Wheel	Diameternominal
P235/65R18MStandard: XLE, L, LE	18 in	30.0 in
P235/55R20MStandard: Limited, Platinum	20 in	30.2 in

Highlander tire sizes, with wheel specs and what bigger tires change

04 / Sources

The 2020 documents

2 documents behind the 2020 Highlander’s figures. The maker’s own come first; a third-party page fills in only a number the maker doesn’t publish, and wears its own mark.

Documents last checked Oct 9, 2026. How we read them and what the marks mean: how we source the numbers. A figure doesn’t match its document? Report a wrong number.

05 / Keep going

More on the Highlander

Highlander XU70Every XU70 configuration, model year by model year, with clearance, angles and weights (2020–present).Open the XU70 specs 2020 Highlander towingMax towing, GCWR, payload and tongue weight for every rated configuration.See the towing table Highlander tire sizesStock tire and wheel sizes by trim, and what bigger tires change.See tire sizes Highlander specsEvery generation, the spec plate and the rig builder.Open the model page

These are Toyota’s published figures for the models it describes, not a weighbridge or a tape measure; your own vehicle’s options change them. Found a figure that doesn’t match the document? Tell us.