AlegsaOnline.com Home Mathematics Circumference Circumference Author: Leandro Alegsa Creation date: November 13, 2022 en.wikipedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 In geometry, circumference is the distance around a closed curve; for example, a circle. It is a special kind of perimeter. The length of the circumference of a circle is often written as C {\displaystyle C} , with: C = π d {\displaystyle C=\pi d} where d is the diameter of the circle.