Convert Cubic yards to US gallons
1 cubic yard is 201.97 gal. One cubic yard is exactly 201.974025974 US gallons.
One cubic yard is 201.97403 US gallons. To convert cubic yards to US gallons, multiply by 201.97403; to go the other way, divide by 201.97403 or multiply by 0.0049511317. 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. Twenty-seven cubic feet, or 764.55 litres.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Cubic yards × 201.97403
1 * 201.97403201.974 gal
1 cubic yard in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 155,116.0519 tsp | × 155,116.051948 |
| US tablespoons | 51,705.35065 tbsp | × 51,705.3506494 |
| US fluid ounces | 25,852.67532 fl oz | × 25,852.6753247 |
| US cups | 3,231.584416 cup | × 3,231.58441558 |
| US pints | 1,615.792208 pt | × 1,615.79220779 |
| US quarts | 807.8961039 qt | × 807.896103896 |
| US gallons | 201.974026 gal | × 201.974025974 |
| milliliters | 764,554.858 ml | × 764,554.857984 |
| liters | 764.554858 L | × 764.554857984 |
| imperial gallons | 168.1785574 gal (UK) | × 168.178557394 |
| imperial quarts | 672.7142296 qt (UK) | × 672.714229577 |
| imperial pints | 1,345.428459 pt (UK) | × 1,345.42845915 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 26,908.56918 fl oz (UK) | × 26,908.5691831 |
| imperial gills | 5,381.713837 gi (UK) | × 5,381.71383661 |
| cubic millimetres | 764,554,858 mm³ | × 764,554,857.984 |
| cubic centimetres | 764,554.858 cm³ | × 764,554.857984 |
| cubic inches | 46,656 in³ | × 46,656 |
| cubic feet | 27 ft³ | × 27 |
| cubic yards (as entered) | 1 yd³ | — |
| cubic metres | 0.764554858 m³ | × 0.764554857984 |
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 yards to US gallons? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic yards.
- 2.Multiply by 201.97403 — that is how many US gallons fit in one cubic yard.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 201.97403, or multiply by 0.0049511317.
Worked example: 25 cubic yards to US gallons
- Formula
- yd³ × 201.97403 = gal
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 201.97403 = 5,049.35 gal
- Answer
- 25 yd³ = 5,049.35 gal
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Cubic yards to US gallons conversion table
| Cubic yards | US gallons |
|---|---|
| 1 yd³ | 201.97 gal |
| 2 yd³ | 403.95 gal |
| 3 yd³ | 605.92 gal |
| 4 yd³ | 807.9 gal |
| 5 yd³ | 1,009.87 gal |
| 6 yd³ | 1,211.84 gal |
| 7 yd³ | 1,413.82 gal |
| 8 yd³ | 1,615.79 gal |
| 9 yd³ | 1,817.77 gal |
| 10 yd³ | 2,019.74 gal |
| 12 yd³ | 2,423.69 gal |
| 15 yd³ | 3,029.61 gal |
| 20 yd³ | 4,039.48 gal |
| 25 yd³ | 5,049.35 gal |
| 50 yd³ | 10,098.7 gal |
| 100 yd³ | 20,197.4 gal |
| 200 yd³ | 40,394.81 gal |
| 300 yd³ | 60,592.21 gal |
| 500 yd³ | 100,987.01 gal |
| 1000 yd³ | 201,974.03 gal |
| 2000 yd³ | 403,948.05 gal |
| 5000 yd³ | 1,009,870.13 gal |
| 10000 yd³ | 2,019,740.26 gal |
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.
What is a US gallon?
Exactly 231 cubic inches. The imperial gallon is 4.546 liters, so US and UK fuel economy figures are not comparable.
How many US gallons are in a cubic yard?
One cubic yard is 201.97403 US gallons. Going the other way, one US gallon is 0.0049511317 cubic yards. 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 yard.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US gallons are in a cubic yard?
- 201.97403. Exactly 231 cubic inches. The imperial gallon is 4.546 liters, so US and UK fuel economy figures are not comparable.
- How do I convert US gallons back to cubic yards?
- Divide by 201.97403, or multiply by 0.0049511317 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
US gallons to cubic yards — the same conversion the other way.