Convert Cubic metres to Cubic yards
1 cubic metre is 1.31 yd³. One cubic metre is exactly 1.30795061931 cubic yards.
One cubic metre is 1.3079506 cubic yards. To convert cubic metres to cubic yards, multiply by 1.3079506; to go the other way, divide by 1.3079506 or multiply by 0.76455486. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Exactly a thousand litres, by the definition of the litre.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Cubic metres × 1.3079506
1 * 1.30795061.308 yd³
1 cubic metre in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 202,884.1362 tsp | × 202,884.136211 |
| US tablespoons | 67,628.0454 tbsp | × 67,628.0454037 |
| US fluid ounces | 33,814.0227 fl oz | × 33,814.0227018 |
| US cups | 4,226.752838 cup | × 4,226.75283773 |
| US pints | 2,113.376419 pt | × 2,113.37641887 |
| US quarts | 1,056.688209 qt | × 1,056.68820943 |
| US gallons | 264.1720524 gal | × 264.172052358 |
| milliliters | 1,000,000 ml | × 1,000,000 |
| liters | 1,000 L | × 1,000 |
| imperial gallons | 219.9692483 gal (UK) | × 219.969248299 |
| imperial quarts | 879.8769932 qt (UK) | × 879.876993196 |
| imperial pints | 1,759.753986 pt (UK) | × 1,759.75398639 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 35,195.07973 fl oz (UK) | × 35,195.0797279 |
| imperial gills | 7,039.015946 gi (UK) | × 7,039.01594557 |
| cubic millimetres | 1,000,000,000 mm³ | × 1,000,000,000 |
| cubic centimetres | 1,000,000 cm³ | × 1,000,000 |
| cubic inches | 61,023.74409 in³ | × 61,023.7440947 |
| cubic feet | 35.31466672 ft³ | × 35.3146667215 |
| cubic yards | 1.307950619 yd³ | × 1.30795061931 |
| cubic metres (as entered) | 1 m³ | — |
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 metres to cubic yards? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic metres.
- 2.Multiply by 1.3079506 — that is how many cubic yards fit in one cubic metre.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1.3079506, or multiply by 0.76455486.
Worked example: 25 cubic metres to cubic yards
- Formula
- m³ × 1.3079506 = yd³
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 1.3079506 = 32.7 yd³
- Answer
- 25 m³ = 32.7 yd³
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Cubic metres to cubic yards conversion table
| Cubic metres | Cubic yards |
|---|---|
| 1 m³ | 1.31 yd³ |
| 2 m³ | 2.62 yd³ |
| 3 m³ | 3.92 yd³ |
| 4 m³ | 5.23 yd³ |
| 5 m³ | 6.54 yd³ |
| 6 m³ | 7.85 yd³ |
| 7 m³ | 9.16 yd³ |
| 8 m³ | 10.46 yd³ |
| 9 m³ | 11.77 yd³ |
| 10 m³ | 13.08 yd³ |
| 12 m³ | 15.7 yd³ |
| 15 m³ | 19.62 yd³ |
| 20 m³ | 26.16 yd³ |
| 25 m³ | 32.7 yd³ |
| 50 m³ | 65.4 yd³ |
| 100 m³ | 130.8 yd³ |
| 200 m³ | 261.59 yd³ |
| 300 m³ | 392.39 yd³ |
| 500 m³ | 653.98 yd³ |
| 1000 m³ | 1,307.95 yd³ |
| 2000 m³ | 2,615.9 yd³ |
| 5000 m³ | 6,539.75 yd³ |
| 10000 m³ | 13,079.51 yd³ |
What is a cubic metre?
Exactly a thousand litres, by the definition of the litre. The SI unit of volume, and how the rest of the world orders concrete.
What is a cubic yard?
Twenty-seven cubic feet, or 764.55 litres. Concrete, topsoil and aggregate are all ordered by it in the US, and it is the unit a truck is measured in.
How many cubic yards are in a cubic metre?
One cubic metre is 1.3079506 cubic yards. Going the other way, one cubic yard is 0.76455486 cubic metres. 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 metre.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many cubic yards are in a cubic metre?
- 1.3079506. Twenty-seven cubic feet, or 764.55 litres. Concrete, topsoil and aggregate are all ordered by it in the US, and it is the unit a truck is measured in.
- How do I convert cubic yards back to cubic metres?
- Divide by 1.3079506, or multiply by 0.76455486 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
Cubic yards to cubic metres — the same conversion the other way.