diff --git a/src/gemdat/trajectory.py b/src/gemdat/trajectory.py
index 653123eb..82ec555e 100644
--- a/src/gemdat/trajectory.py
+++ b/src/gemdat/trajectory.py
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ def transitions_between_sites(
         self,
         sites: Structure,
         floating_specie: str,
-        site_radius: Optional[float] = None,
+        site_radius: float | dict[str, float] | None = None,
         site_inner_fraction: float = 1.0,
     ) -> Transitions:
         """Compute transitions between given sites for floating specie.
@@ -518,9 +518,11 @@ def transitions_between_sites(
             Input structure with known sites
         floating_specie : str
             Name of the floating specie to calculate transitions for
-        site_radius: Optional[float]
+        site_radius: Optional[float, dict[str, float]]
             A custom site radius in Ångstrom to determine
-            if an atom is at a site
+            if an atom is at a site. A dict keyed by the site label can
+            be used to have a site per atom type, e.g.
+            `site_radius = {'Li1': 1.0, 'Li2': 1.2}.
         site_inner_fraction:
             A fraction of the site radius which is determined to be the `inner site`
             which is used in jump calculations
diff --git a/src/gemdat/transitions.py b/src/gemdat/transitions.py
index d7b63705..dd9202c0 100644
--- a/src/gemdat/transitions.py
+++ b/src/gemdat/transitions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import typing
 from collections import defaultdict
 from itertools import pairwise
-from typing import Optional
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from .caching import weak_lru_cache
 from .simulation_metrics import SimulationMetrics
-from .utils import bfill, ffill
+from .utils import bfill, ffill, integer_remap
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from gemdat.jumps import Jumps
@@ -80,22 +79,29 @@ def from_trajectory(
         trajectory: Trajectory,
         sites: Structure,
         floating_specie: str,
-        site_radius: Optional[float] = None,
+        site_radius: float | dict[str, float] | None = None,
         site_inner_fraction: float = 1.,
     ) -> Transitions:
-        """Compute transitions for floating specie from trajectory and
-        structure with known sites.
+        """Compute transitions between given sites for floating specie.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        trajectory : Trajectory
-            Input trajectory
         sites : pymatgen.core.structure.Structure
-            Input sites with known sites
+            Input structure with known sites
         floating_specie : str
             Name of the floating specie to calculate transitions for
-        site_radius: Optional[float]
-            A custom site size to use for determining if an atom is at a site
+        site_radius: float | dict[str, float] | None
+            A custom site radius in Ångstrom to determine
+            if an atom is at a site. A dict keyed by the site label can
+            be used to have a site per atom type, e.g.
+            `site_radius = {'Li1': 1.0, 'Li2': 1.2}.
+        site_inner_fraction:
+            A fraction of the site radius which is determined to be the `inner site`
+            which is used in jump calculations
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        transitions: Transitions
         """
         diff_trajectory = trajectory.filter(floating_specie)
 
@@ -108,6 +114,9 @@ def from_trajectory(
                 sites=sites,
                 vibration_amplitude=vibration_amplitude)
 
+        if isinstance(site_radius, float):
+            site_radius = {'': site_radius}
+
         states = _calculate_atom_states(
             sites=sites,
             trajectory=diff_trajectory,
@@ -420,7 +429,7 @@ def _compute_site_radius(trajectory: Trajectory, sites: Structure,
 def _calculate_atom_states(
     sites: Structure,
     trajectory: Trajectory,
-    site_radius: float,
+    site_radius: dict[str, float],
     site_inner_fraction: float = 1.,
 ) -> np.ndarray:
     """Calculate nearest site for each atom coordinate in the trajectory.
@@ -435,8 +444,9 @@ def _calculate_atom_states(
         Input sites with pre-defined sites
     trajectory : Trajectory
         Input trajectory for floating atoms
-    site_radius : float
-        Atoms within this distance (in Angstrom) are considered to be close to a site
+    site_radius : dict[str, float]
+        Atoms within this distance (in Angstrom) are considered to be close to a site.
+        Can also be a dict keyed by the site label to specify the radius by atom type.
     site_inner_fraction: float
         Atoms that are closer than (site_radius*site_inner_fraction) to a site, are considered
         to be in the inner site
@@ -448,34 +458,49 @@ def _calculate_atom_states(
         The value corresponds to the index in the `site_coords`.
         -1 indicates that atom is not at any site.
     """
-    # Unit cell parameters
+
+    def _site_radius_iterator():
+        for label, radius in site_radius.items():
+            if label:
+                grouped = ((k, site) for k, site in enumerate(sites)
+                           if site.label == label)
+                key, site_group = zip(*grouped)
+                frac_coords = np.array(
+                    [site.frac_coords for site in site_group])
+                yield frac_coords, np.array(key), radius
+            else:
+                yield sites.frac_coords, None, radius
+
     lattice = trajectory.get_lattice()
 
-    site_coords = sites.frac_coords
+    cutoff = max(list(site_radius.values()))
 
-    # Input array with site coordinates [site, (x, y, z)]
-    site_cart_coords = np.dot(site_coords, lattice.matrix)
-    site_coords_tree: PeriodicKDTree = PeriodicKDTree(
+    traj_frac_coords = trajectory.positions.reshape(-1, 3)
+    traj_cart_coords = lattice.get_cartesian_coords(traj_frac_coords)
+
+    periodic_tree: PeriodicKDTree = PeriodicKDTree(
         box=np.array(lattice.parameters, dtype=np.float32))
-    site_coords_tree.set_coords(site_cart_coords, cutoff=site_radius)
+    periodic_tree.set_coords(traj_cart_coords, cutoff=cutoff)
+
+    shape = trajectory.positions.shape[0:2]
+
+    atom_sites = np.full((traj_cart_coords.shape[0]), NOSITE)
 
-    atom_sites = []
+    for coords, key, radius in _site_radius_iterator():
+        cart_coords = lattice.get_cartesian_coords(coords)
+        site_index = periodic_tree.search_tree(cart_coords,
+                                               radius * site_inner_fraction)
 
-    for atom_index, atom_coords in enumerate(
-            trajectory.positions.swapaxes(0, 1)):
+        siteno, index = site_index.T
 
-        # index and distance of nearest site
-        atom_cart_coords = np.dot(atom_coords, lattice.matrix)
-        site_index = site_coords_tree.search_tree(
-            atom_cart_coords, site_radius * site_inner_fraction)
+        if key is not None:
+            siteno = integer_remap(a=siteno,
+                                   key=key,
+                                   palette=np.unique(siteno))
 
-        # construct mapping
-        atom_site = np.full((atom_coords.shape[0], 1), NOSITE)
-        for index, site in site_index:
-            atom_site[index] = site
-        atom_sites.append(atom_site)
+        atom_sites[index] = siteno
 
-    return np.hstack(atom_sites)
+    return atom_sites.reshape(shape)
 
 
 def _calculate_transitions_matrix(events: pd.DataFrame,
diff --git a/src/gemdat/utils.py b/src/gemdat/utils.py
index 3f5fa0cf..a0eefdd2 100644
--- a/src/gemdat/utils.py
+++ b/src/gemdat/utils.py
@@ -93,6 +93,33 @@ def bfill(arr: np.ndarray, fill_val: int = -1, axis=-1) -> np.ndarray:
     return np.fliplr(ffill(np.fliplr(arr), fill_val=fill_val))
 
 
+def integer_remap(a: np.ndarray,
+                  key: np.ndarray,
+                  palette: np.ndarray | None = None) -> np.ndarray:
+    """Map integers in array `a` from `palette` -> `key`
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    a : np.ndarray
+        Input array with values to be
+    key : np.ndarray
+        The key gives the new values that the palette will be mapped to
+    palette : np.ndarray | None
+        Input values, must be given in sorted order.
+        If None, use sorted unique values in `a`
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    np.ndarray
+    """
+    if palette is None:
+        palette = np.unique(a)
+
+    index = np.digitize(a, palette, right=True)
+
+    return key[index].reshape(a.shape)
+
+
 def meanfreq(x: np.ndarray, fs: float = 1.0) -> np.ndarray:
     """Estimates the mean frequency in terms of the sample rate, fs.
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/transitions_test.py b/tests/integration/transitions_test.py
index a169b6e6..12fb2356 100644
--- a/tests/integration/transitions_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/transitions_test.py
@@ -28,8 +28,24 @@ def test_site_radius(self, vasp_traj, structure):
         )
         assert isclose(site_radius, 0.9284961123176741)
 
-    def test_atom_sites(self, vasp_traj, vasp_transitions):
-        n_steps = len(vasp_traj)
+    def test_site_radius_dict(self, vasp_traj, structure):
+        sites = structure.copy()
+
+        for site in sites[0::3]:
+            site.label = 'A'
+        for site in sites[1::3]:
+            site.label = 'B'
+        for site in sites[2::3]:
+            site.label = 'C'
+
+        site_radius = {'A': 0.5, 'B': 0.6, 'C': 0.7}
+        transitions = vasp_traj.transitions_between_sites(
+            sites=sites, floating_specie='Li', site_radius=site_radius)
+
+        assert transitions.states.sum() == 3445344
+
+    def test_atom_sites(self, vasp_transitions):
+        n_steps = 3750
         n_diffusing = 48
 
         slice_ = np.s_[::1000, ::24]
diff --git a/tests/utils_test.py b/tests/utils_test.py
index 02dfc620..c4502ebc 100644
--- a/tests/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils_test.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+from numpy.testing import assert_allclose, assert_equal
 
-from gemdat.utils import bfill, ffill, meanfreq
+from gemdat.utils import bfill, ffill, integer_remap, meanfreq
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def test_ffill(arr):
         [4, 9, 6, 6, 6],
     ])
 
-    np.testing.assert_equal(ret, expected)
+    assert_equal(ret, expected)
 
 
 def test_bfill(arr):
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ def test_bfill(arr):
         [4, 9, 6, -1, -1],
     ])
 
-    np.testing.assert_equal(ret, expected)
+    assert_equal(ret, expected)
 
 
 def test_ffill_axis0(arr):
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def test_ffill_axis0(arr):
         [4, 9, 6, 8, 2],
     ])
 
-    np.testing.assert_equal(ret, expected)
+    assert_equal(ret, expected)
 
 
 def test_bfill_axis0(arr):
@@ -56,7 +57,14 @@ def test_bfill_axis0(arr):
         [4, 9, 6, -1, -1],
     ])
 
-    np.testing.assert_equal(ret, expected)
+    assert_equal(ret, expected)
+
+
+def test_integer_remap():
+    a = np.array([4, 2, 1, 3])
+    key = np.array([10, 20, 30, 40])
+    ret = integer_remap(a, key=key)
+    assert_equal(ret, a * 10)
 
 
 def test_meanfreq_single_timestep():
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ def test_meanfreq_single_timestep():
 
     expected = np.array([[0.2303359]])
 
-    np.testing.assert_allclose(ret, expected)
+    assert_allclose(ret, expected)
 
 
 def test_meanfreq():
@@ -78,4 +86,4 @@ def test_meanfreq():
 
     expected = np.array([[0.2303359], [0.21308077], [0.17074241]])
 
-    np.testing.assert_allclose(ret, expected)
+    assert_allclose(ret, expected)