Convert Cubic inches to Cubic centimetres
1 cubic inch is 16.39 cm³. One cubic inch is exactly 16.387064 cubic centimetres.
One cubic inch is 16.387064 cubic centimetres. To convert cubic inches to cubic centimetres, multiply by 16.387064; to go the other way, divide by 16.387064 or multiply by 0.061023744. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Exactly 16.387064 millilitres, since the inch is exactly 25.4 mm.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Cubic inches × 16.387064
1 * 16.38706416.387 cm³
1 cubic inch in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 3.324675325 tsp | × 3.32467532468 |
| US tablespoons | 1.108225108 tbsp | × 1.10822510823 |
| US fluid ounces | 0.5541125541 fl oz | × 0.554112554113 |
| US cups | 0.06926406926 cup | × 0.0692640692641 |
| US pints | 0.03463203463 pt | × 0.034632034632 |
| US quarts | 0.01731601732 qt | × 0.017316017316 |
| US gallons | 0.004329004329 gal | × 0.004329004329 |
| milliliters | 16.387064 ml | × 16.387064 |
| liters | 0.016387064 L | × 0.016387064 |
| imperial gallons | 0.00360465015 gal (UK) | × 0.00360465014991 |
| imperial quarts | 0.0144186006 qt (UK) | × 0.0144186005996 |
| imperial pints | 0.0288372012 pt (UK) | × 0.0288372011993 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 0.576744024 fl oz (UK) | × 0.576744023985 |
| imperial gills | 0.1153488048 gi (UK) | × 0.115348804797 |
| cubic millimetres | 16,387.064 mm³ | × 16,387.064 |
| cubic centimetres | 16.387064 cm³ | × 16.387064 |
| cubic inches (as entered) | 1 in³ | — |
| cubic feet | 0.0005787037037 ft³ | × 0.000578703703704 |
| cubic yards | 0.00002143347051 yd³ | × 0.0000214334705075 |
| cubic metres | 0.000016387064 m³ | × 0.000016387064 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 130 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert cubic inches to cubic centimetres? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic inches.
- 2.Multiply by 16.387064 — that is how many cubic centimetres fit in one cubic inch.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 16.387064, or multiply by 0.061023744.
Worked example: 25 cubic inches to cubic centimetres
- Formula
- in³ × 16.387064 = cm³
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 16.387064 = 409.68 cm³
- Answer
- 25 in³ = 409.68 cm³
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Cubic inches to cubic centimetres conversion table
| Cubic inches | Cubic centimetres |
|---|---|
| 1 in³ | 16.39 cm³ |
| 2 in³ | 32.77 cm³ |
| 3 in³ | 49.16 cm³ |
| 4 in³ | 65.55 cm³ |
| 5 in³ | 81.94 cm³ |
| 6 in³ | 98.32 cm³ |
| 7 in³ | 114.71 cm³ |
| 8 in³ | 131.1 cm³ |
| 9 in³ | 147.48 cm³ |
| 10 in³ | 163.87 cm³ |
| 12 in³ | 196.64 cm³ |
| 15 in³ | 245.81 cm³ |
| 20 in³ | 327.74 cm³ |
| 25 in³ | 409.68 cm³ |
| 50 in³ | 819.35 cm³ |
| 100 in³ | 1,638.71 cm³ |
| 200 in³ | 3,277.41 cm³ |
| 300 in³ | 4,916.12 cm³ |
| 500 in³ | 8,193.53 cm³ |
| 1000 in³ | 16,387.06 cm³ |
| 2000 in³ | 32,774.13 cm³ |
| 5000 in³ | 81,935.32 cm³ |
| 10000 in³ | 163,870.64 cm³ |
A cubic centimeter is a milliliter, and engine badges are rounded
One cubic inch is exactly 16.387064 cm³, and a cubic centimeter is exactly a milliliter — cc and ml are the same unit under two names. Engine displacement is where this shows up, and the badge is almost always rounded: a Chevrolet 350 is 349.85 cubic inches or 5,733 cc, sold as a 5.7 liter. Converting the badge gives the marketing number, not the engine.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is a cubic inch?
Exactly 16.387064 millilitres, since the inch is exactly 25.4 mm. American engine displacement was quoted in it until the 1980s — a 350 small block is 5.7 litres.
What is a cubic centimetre?
A thousandth of a litre, which makes it exactly a millilitre — the same volume under two names. Engine displacement uses cc and medicine uses ml for the identical quantity.
How many cubic centimetres are in a cubic inch?
One cubic inch is 16.387064 cubic centimetres, exactly. Going the other way, one cubic centimetre is 0.061023744 cubic inches. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every volume unit here
The whole group — 20 units with their symbols and the size of each one in liters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a cubic inch.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many cubic centimetres are in a cubic inch?
- 16.387064. A thousandth of a litre, which makes it exactly a millilitre — the same volume under two names. Engine displacement uses cc and medicine uses ml for the identical quantity.
- How do I convert cubic centimetres back to cubic inches?
- Divide by 16.387064, or multiply by 0.061023744 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
Cubic centimetres to cubic inches — the same conversion the other way.