diff --git a/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-gauge-half-fit.json b/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-gauge-half-fit.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b22191fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-gauge-half-fit.json
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+[
+    {
+        "id": "ghf-tab",
+        "type": "tab",
+        "label": "Gauge Half Fit",
+        "disabled": false,
+        "info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "dashboard-ui-base",
+        "type": "ui-base",
+        "name": "UI Name",
+        "path": "/dashboard",
+        "includeClientData": true,
+        "acceptsClientConfig": ["ui-notification", "ui-control"]
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "dashboard-ui-theme",
+        "type": "ui-theme",
+        "name": "Theme",
+        "colors": {
+            "surface": "#ffffff",
+            "primary": "#0094ce",
+            "bgPage": "#eeeeee",
+            "groupBg": "#ffffff",
+            "groupOutline": "#cccccc"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "dashboard-ui-page-1",
+        "type": "ui-page",
+        "name": "Page 1",
+        "ui": "dashboard-ui-base",
+        "path": "/page1",
+        "icon": "home",
+        "layout": "grid",
+        "theme": "dashboard-ui-theme",
+        "order": 1,
+        "className": "",
+        "visible": "true",
+        "disabled": false
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "dashboard-ui-group",
+        "type": "ui-group",
+        "name": "Half",
+        "page": "dashboard-ui-page-1",
+        "width": "6",
+        "height": "1",
+        "order": 1,
+        "showTitle": true,
+        "className": "",
+        "visible": "true",
+        "disabled": "false"
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "dashboard-ui-gauge-half-tall",
+        "type": "ui-gauge",
+        "z": "ghf-tab",
+        "group": "dashboard-ui-group",
+        "name": "Tall",
+        "order": 1,
+        "value": "payload",
+        "valueType": "msg",
+        "width": "2",
+        "height": "5",
+        "gtype": "gauge-half",
+        "gstyle": "needle",
+        "title": "Tall half",
+        "alwaysShowTitle": true,
+        "floatingTitlePosition": "top-left",
+        "units": "%",
+        "icon": "",
+        "prefix": "",
+        "suffix": "",
+        "segments": [
+            { "from": "0", "color": "#53a51c", "text": "", "textType": "label" },
+            { "from": "60", "color": "#f6c000", "text": "", "textType": "label" },
+            { "from": "80", "color": "#ca3838", "text": "", "textType": "label" }
+        ],
+        "min": "0",
+        "max": "100",
+        "sizeThickness": "16",
+        "sizeGap": "4",
+        "sizeKeyThickness": "8",
+        "styleRounded": true,
+        "styleGlow": false,
+        "className": "",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 120,
+        "wires": [[]]
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "dashboard-ui-gauge-34-tall",
+        "type": "ui-gauge",
+        "z": "ghf-tab",
+        "group": "dashboard-ui-group",
+        "name": "Tall34",
+        "order": 2,
+        "value": "payload",
+        "valueType": "msg",
+        "width": "2",
+        "height": "5",
+        "gtype": "gauge-34",
+        "gstyle": "needle",
+        "title": "Tall 34",
+        "alwaysShowTitle": true,
+        "floatingTitlePosition": "top-left",
+        "units": "%",
+        "icon": "",
+        "prefix": "",
+        "suffix": "",
+        "segments": [
+            { "from": "0", "color": "#53a51c", "text": "", "textType": "label" },
+            { "from": "60", "color": "#f6c000", "text": "", "textType": "label" },
+            { "from": "80", "color": "#ca3838", "text": "", "textType": "label" }
+        ],
+        "min": "0",
+        "max": "100",
+        "sizeThickness": "16",
+        "sizeGap": "4",
+        "sizeKeyThickness": "8",
+        "styleRounded": true,
+        "styleGlow": false,
+        "className": "",
+        "x": 400,
+        "y": 200,
+        "wires": [[]]
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "ghf-inject",
+        "type": "inject",
+        "z": "ghf-tab",
+        "name": "Set 65",
+        "props": [{ "p": "payload" }],
+        "repeat": "",
+        "crontab": "",
+        "once": true,
+        "onceDelay": "0.1",
+        "topic": "",
+        "payload": "65",
+        "payloadType": "num",
+        "x": 180,
+        "y": 120,
+        "wires": [["dashboard-ui-gauge-half-tall", "dashboard-ui-gauge-34-tall"]]
+    }
+]
diff --git a/cypress/tests/widgets/gauge-half-fit.spec.js b/cypress/tests/widgets/gauge-half-fit.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e39ba470b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/tests/widgets/gauge-half-fit.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+describe('Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 - Gauge dial fit (#1607)', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        cy.deployFixture('dashboard-gauge-half-fit')
+        cy.visit('/dashboard/page1')
+    })
+
+    it('sizes the half-gauge to its arc, not the whole tall cell', () => {
+        const widget = '#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-gauge-half-tall'
+        cy.get(widget).find('svg').should('be.visible')
+        // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return, promise/catch-or-return
+        cy.get(widget).then(($w) => {
+            const cell = $w[0].getBoundingClientRect().height
+            const svg = $w[0].querySelector('svg')
+            const svgH = svg.getBoundingClientRect().height
+            const svgW = svg.getBoundingClientRect().width
+            // the arc is ~w/2 tall; the svg should hug that (+ label room), not stretch to the cell
+            expect(svgH, 'svg sized to the arc, not the cell').to.be.lessThan(svgW / 2 + 40)
+            expect(svgH, 'svg does not fill the tall cell').to.be.lessThan(cell - 40)
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('sizes the 34 dial to its arc, not the whole tall cell', () => {
+        const widget = '#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-gauge-34-tall'
+        cy.get(widget).find('svg').should('be.visible')
+        // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return, promise/catch-or-return
+        cy.get(widget).then(($w) => {
+            const cell = $w[0].getBoundingClientRect().height
+            const svg = $w[0].querySelector('svg')
+            const svgH = svg.getBoundingClientRect().height
+            const svgW = svg.getBoundingClientRect().width
+            // the dial is ~min(w,h)=w tall here; the svg should hug that, not stretch to the cell
+            expect(svgH, 'svg sized to the dial, not the cell').to.be.lessThan(svgW + 40)
+            expect(svgH, 'svg does not fill the tall cell').to.be.lessThan(cell - 40)
+        })
+    })
+})
diff --git a/ui/src/widgets/ui-gauge/types/UIGaugeDial.vue b/ui/src/widgets/ui-gauge/types/UIGaugeDial.vue
index e9b0db162..266f21656 100644
--- a/ui/src/widgets/ui-gauge/types/UIGaugeDial.vue
+++ b/ui/src/widgets/ui-gauge/types/UIGaugeDial.vue
@@ -144,12 +144,26 @@ export default {
 
             this.$refs.gauge.setAttribute('width', w)
 
+            let gaugeArea
             if (this.props.gtype === 'gauge-half') {
                 const minDimension = Math.min(w / 2, h)
                 this.r = minDimension + this.sizes.fudge
+                gaugeArea = minDimension
             } else {
                 const minDimension = Math.min(w, h)
                 this.r = minDimension / 2
+                gaugeArea = minDimension
+            }
+
+            const limit = this.$refs['limits-min']
+            const labelRoom = limit ? Math.ceil(limit.getBBox().height) : 16
+            if (gaugeArea + labelRoom < h) {
+                this.height = gaugeArea
+                this.$refs.gauge.style.flexGrow = '0'
+                this.$refs.gauge.setAttribute('height', gaugeArea + labelRoom)
+            } else {
+                this.$refs.gauge.style.flexGrow = ''
+                this.$refs.gauge.setAttribute('height', '100%')
             }
         },
         update (value, duration = 1000) {