Convert Cubic inches to Liters
1 cubic inch is 0.02 L. One cubic inch is exactly 0.016387064 liters.
One cubic inch is 0.016387064 liters. To convert cubic inches to liters, multiply by 0.016387064; to go the other way, divide by 0.016387064 or multiply by 61.023744. 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 × 0.016387064
1 * 0.01638710.016 L
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.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: cubic inches to litres is the British spelling of the same units — the metre and the litre are spelled that way outside the United States and the quantity does not change.
How do you convert cubic inches to liters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic inches.
- 2.Multiply by 0.016387064 — that is how many liters fit in one cubic inch.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.016387064, or multiply by 61.023744.
Worked example: 25 cubic inches to liters
- Formula
- in³ × 0.016387064 = L
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.016387064 = 0.41 L
- Answer
- 25 in³ = 0.41 L
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Cubic inches to liters conversion table
| Cubic inches | Liters |
|---|---|
| 1 in³ | 0.02 L |
| 2 in³ | 0.03 L |
| 3 in³ | 0.05 L |
| 4 in³ | 0.07 L |
| 5 in³ | 0.08 L |
| 6 in³ | 0.1 L |
| 7 in³ | 0.11 L |
| 8 in³ | 0.13 L |
| 9 in³ | 0.15 L |
| 10 in³ | 0.16 L |
| 12 in³ | 0.2 L |
| 15 in³ | 0.25 L |
| 20 in³ | 0.33 L |
| 25 in³ | 0.41 L |
| 50 in³ | 0.82 L |
| 100 in³ | 1.64 L |
| 200 in³ | 3.28 L |
| 300 in³ | 4.92 L |
| 500 in³ | 8.19 L |
| 1000 in³ | 16.39 L |
| 2000 in³ | 32.77 L |
| 5000 in³ | 81.94 L |
| 10000 in³ | 163.87 L |
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 liter?
One cubic decimeter. A liter of water weighs almost exactly one kilogram, which is how the unit was designed.
How many liters are in a cubic inch?
One cubic inch is 0.016387064 liters, exactly. Going the other way, one liter is 61.023744 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 liters are in a cubic inch?
- 0.016387064. One cubic decimeter. A liter of water weighs almost exactly one kilogram, which is how the unit was designed.
- How do I convert liters back to cubic inches?
- Divide by 0.016387064, or multiply by 61.023744 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
Liters to cubic inches — the same conversion the other way.