Camper van dimensions comparison: interior sizes in metres, 15 vans
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Brochures quote exterior length and cargo volume. Neither number designs a camper. What designs a camper is the space between the walls: the interior length, width and height, in metres, of every common base. One figure sorts the whole market before you look at anything else — the Fiat Ducato body is 1.87 m wide inside, and it is the only large panel van that takes a standard 1.86 m mattress across. The Sprinter (1.79 m), Transit (1.78 m) and Master (1.76 m) all need the bed lengthwise or wheel-box flares. That one centimetre war decides more layouts than any other spec.
Below is every common conversion base with its interior dimensions — measured between the walls and floor-to-headliner, as each maker prints them: price lists and technical drawings, re-read in September 2026, with the document named on each van page. The table is generated from the same database the planner uses. Lengths span the shortest to the longest body; payload is gross weight minus kerb weight, a planning guide that varies with engine and options.
Van dimensions compared, in metres
| Van | Interior length | Width | Interior height | Payload ≈ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiat Ducato (= Boxer, Relay, ProMaster) | 2.67–4.07 m | 1.87 m | 1.66–2.17 m | 1,230–1,560 kg |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | 2.61–4.71 m | 1.79 m | 1.72–2.24 m | 1,020–2,422 kg |
| Ford Transit | 3.04–4.22 m | 1.78 m | 1.79–2.13 m | 1,068–1,405 kg |
| VW Crafter (= MAN TGE) | 3.45–4.86 m | 1.83 m | 1.63–2.20 m | 984–1,324 kg |
| Renault Master (= Movano, NV400) | 2.58–4.38 m | 1.76 m | 1.70–2.14 m | 1,005–1,462 kg |
| Iveco Daily | 2.61–5.13 m | 1.80 m | 1.54–2.10 m | 820–1,430 kg |
| Ford Transit Custom | 2.56–2.92 m | 1.77 m | 1.41–1.78 m | 1,044–1,137 kg |
| Renault Trafic (= Vivaro, NV300, Talento) | 2.54–2.94 m | 1.66 m | 1.38–1.91 m | 1,085–1,194 kg |
| VW Transporter | 2.45–2.85 m | 1.70 m | 1.42–1.94 m | 1,075–1,196 kg |
| Mercedes-Benz Vito (= Metris) | 2.59–3.06 m | 1.67 m | 1.39 m | 1,100–1,170 kg |
| Peugeot Expert (= ProAce, Scudo) | 2.16–2.86 m | 1.63 m | 1.40 m | 1,270–1,356 kg |
| Toyota HiAce | 2.53–3.18 m | 1.77 m | 1.34–1.61 m | 1,060–1,100 kg |
| Ford Transit Connect | 1.75–2.15 m | 1.53 m | 1.27 m | 719–748 kg |
| VW Caddy Cargo | 1.80–2.15 m | 1.61 m | 1.26 m | 674–710 kg |
| Citroën Berlingo Van | 1.82–2.17 m | 1.53 m | 1.20–1.27 m | 852–907 kg |
Vans in brackets are rebadges — the same body sold under another badge, identical dimensions. Each link goes to a per-van page with every length/height variant broken out. The figures are metric throughout, because every maker in the table publishes them that way; a van advertised as an L2H2 is 3.12 m of floor on a Ducato and 3.27 m on a Sprinter, which is what the body-code decoder is for.
Reading the width column
A standard double mattress is 1.86 m long. Put it across the van and the bed occupies ~1.4 m of length instead of ~2 m — that half metre is a kitchen. The width column says who gets to make that trade: the Ducato family, full stop. On a Crafter (1.83 m) or Daily (1.80 m) builders add wheel-box flares that recover ~10 cm; on a Sprinter or Transit most people either sleep diagonally, cut the mattress, or go longitudinal. The full decision is in the bed layout guide.
Reading the height column
Subtract roughly 7 cm from the interior height for a finished floor and ceiling before you compare against your own height. That puts the standing bar at about 1.90 m of raw interior height for a 1.80 m person. A Ducato or Sprinter H2 clears it and a front-wheel-drive Transit or Master H2 (1.89 m) sits right on it; the low end of those height ranges is the rear- or all-wheel-drive van, whose floor is 7–10 cm higher, so a Transit or Master H2 with a driven rear axle (1.79–1.80 m) falls short, as does every Crafter H2. A high-roof Transporter (1.94 m) or Trafic (1.91 m) clears it, and every other mid roof is a sit-down-or-pop-top van. The three compacts at the bottom of the table are seat-height vans — different vehicle class, different layouts entirely. The full roof-by-roof verdict, including the Crafter H2 and Transit Custom H2 traps, is in which vans you can stand up in.
Reading the payload column
The spread inside one van family is as large as the spread between families — a Master runs from about 1,000 to 1,460 kg across lengths, roofs and drives, and a maxed-out Daily L5H3 (820 kg) has little more than half the margin of a short one. A typical full conversion weighs 400–700 kg before you pack, so the difference between a 950 kg and a 1,450 kg payload is the difference between weighing anxiously and not thinking about it. Run your own plan through the payload guide or the payload calculator.
The one dimension this table does not carry is the door: sliding and rear apertures — read in the same maker documents, and different per drive on some vans — are collected per model in the door-opening sizes post, with the turning limit for pre-built units that follows from the heights above.
The three size classes, in one sentence each
- Large (Ducato, Sprinter, Transit, Crafter, Master, Daily): stand up, fixed bed, real kitchen — the full-time layouts.
- Mid (Custom, Trafic, Transporter, Vito, Expert, HiAce): parking-garage height (most stay under 2.0 m outside), convertible-bed layouts, the weekender class.
- Compact (Connect, Caddy, Berlingo): a bed platform and boxes — micro campers, not conversions in the structural sense.
Every van in the table is in the planner with its real wheel arches, wall taper and door openings — pick one and try your layout against the actual geometry before you buy the van.
