Liters to Gallons
Enter liters and read US gallons. One US gallon is exactly 3.785411784 L, so a liter is about 0.264 gal.
Formula: gal = L × 0.264172052358
Divide liters by 3.785411784 to get US gallons; for UK gallons, divide by 4.54609 instead.
Liters to gallons table
| Liters (L) | Gallons (gal) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2641721 |
| 2 | 0.5283441 |
| 3 | 0.7925162 |
| 4 | 1.056688 |
| 5 | 1.32086 |
| 6 | 1.585032 |
| 7 | 1.849204 |
| 8 | 2.113376 |
| 9 | 2.377548 |
| 10 | 2.641721 |
| Liters (L) | Gallons (gal) |
|---|---|
| 12 | 3.170065 |
| 15 | 3.962581 |
| 20 | 5.283441 |
| 25 | 6.604301 |
| 30 | 7.925162 |
| 40 | 10.56688 |
| 50 | 13.2086 |
| 60 | 15.85032 |
| 75 | 19.8129 |
| 100 | 26.41721 |
US and imperial gallons
The two gallons share a name but come from different historical standards: the US gallon from an old English wine gallon, the imperial gallon from the 1824 British reform that defined it by the volume of ten pounds of water. A car rated at 40 mpg in the UK uses imperial gallons and would score about 33 mpg on the US scale for the same fuel use.
This converter uses the US gallon. For imperial gallons, divide the liter figure by 4.54609, or use the result here and multiply by about 0.833.
Gallons around the house
A US gallon of paint covers roughly 350 to 400 square feet with one coat, depending on the surface. Water heaters, aquariums and rain barrels are sold by the gallon in the US, while European equivalents are listed in liters: a 200 L water heater is about 53 US gallons.
Smaller containers are easier in quarts: quarts to L. For metric amounts under a liter, L to mL does the step.
Liters to gallons questions
How many gallons is 1 liter?
About 0.2642 US gallons, or about 0.22 UK gallons.
How many gallons is a 50 L fuel tank?
About 13.2 US gallons, or about 11 imperial gallons.
How many liters are in a gallon?
3.785411784 L in a US gallon and 4.54609 L in an imperial gallon.
Do fuel economy figures convert the same way?
Not directly. Liters per 100 km and miles per gallon are inverse measures, so the conversion needs a division, not a single factor. Lower L/100 km is better; higher mpg is better.