Convert Cubic metres to Liters
1 cubic metre is 1,000 L. One cubic metre is exactly 1000 liters.
One cubic metre is 1000 liters. To convert cubic metres to liters, multiply by 1000; to go the other way, divide by 1000 or multiply by 0.001. The factor is exact rather than rounded: 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 × 1000
1 * 10001,000 L
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.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: cubic metres 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 metres to liters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic metres.
- 2.Multiply by 1000 — that is how many liters fit in one cubic metre.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1000, or multiply by 0.001.
Worked example: 25 cubic metres to liters
- Formula
- m³ × 1000 = L
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 1000 = 25,000 L
- Answer
- 25 m³ = 25,000 L
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Cubic metres to liters conversion table
| Cubic metres | Liters |
|---|---|
| 1 m³ | 1,000 L |
| 2 m³ | 2,000 L |
| 3 m³ | 3,000 L |
| 4 m³ | 4,000 L |
| 5 m³ | 5,000 L |
| 6 m³ | 6,000 L |
| 7 m³ | 7,000 L |
| 8 m³ | 8,000 L |
| 9 m³ | 9,000 L |
| 10 m³ | 10,000 L |
| 12 m³ | 12,000 L |
| 15 m³ | 15,000 L |
| 20 m³ | 20,000 L |
| 25 m³ | 25,000 L |
| 50 m³ | 50,000 L |
| 100 m³ | 100,000 L |
| 200 m³ | 200,000 L |
| 300 m³ | 300,000 L |
| 500 m³ | 500,000 L |
| 1000 m³ | 1,000,000 L |
| 2000 m³ | 2,000,000 L |
| 5000 m³ | 5,000,000 L |
| 10000 m³ | 10,000,000 L |
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 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 metre?
One cubic metre is 1000 liters, exactly. Going the other way, one liter is 0.001 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 liters are in a cubic metre?
- 1000. 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 metres?
- Divide by 1000, or multiply by 0.001 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
Liters to cubic metres — the same conversion the other way.