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Convert Liters to Cubic millimetres

1 liter is 1,000,000 mm³. One liter is exactly 1000000 cubic millimetres.

One liter is 1000000 cubic millimetres. To convert liters to cubic millimetres, multiply by 1000000; to go the other way, divide by 1000000 or multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 130. One cubic decimeter.

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Cubic millimetres
1,000,000 mm³
Liters × 1000000
1 * 10000001,000,000 mm³

1 liter in every volume unit

1 liter expressed in every volume unit
UnitValueExact factor
US teaspoons202.8841362 tsp× 202.884136211
US tablespoons67.6280454 tbsp× 67.6280454037
US fluid ounces33.8140227 fl oz× 33.8140227018
US cups4.226752838 cup× 4.22675283773
US pints2.113376419 pt× 2.11337641887
US quarts1.056688209 qt× 1.05668820943
US gallons0.2641720524 gal× 0.264172052358
milliliters1,000 ml× 1,000
liters (as entered)1 L—
imperial gallons0.2199692483 gal (UK)× 0.219969248299
imperial quarts0.8798769932 qt (UK)× 0.879876993196
imperial pints1.759753986 pt (UK)× 1.75975398639
imperial fluid ounces35.19507973 fl oz (UK)× 35.1950797279
imperial gills7.039015946 gi (UK)× 7.03901594557
cubic millimetres1,000,000 mm³× 1,000,000
cubic centimetres1,000 cm³× 1,000
cubic inches61.02374409 in³× 61.0237440947
cubic feet0.03531466672 ft³× 0.0353146667215
cubic yards0.001307950619 yd³× 0.00130795061931
cubic metres0.001 m³× 0.001

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: litres to cubic millimetres 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 liters to cubic millimetres? The converter and the working

  1. 1.Take the measurement in liters.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1000000 — that is how many cubic millimetres fit in one liter.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1000000, or multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6.

Worked example: 25 liters to cubic millimetres

Formula
L × 1000000 = mm³
Arithmetic
25 × 1000000 = 25,000,000 mm³
Answer
25 L = 25,000,000 mm³

The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.

Liters to cubic millimetres conversion table

Liters to cubic millimetres conversion table
LitersCubic millimetres
1 L1,000,000 mm³
2 L2,000,000 mm³
3 L3,000,000 mm³
4 L4,000,000 mm³
5 L5,000,000 mm³
6 L6,000,000 mm³
7 L7,000,000 mm³
8 L8,000,000 mm³
9 L9,000,000 mm³
10 L10,000,000 mm³
12 L12,000,000 mm³
15 L15,000,000 mm³
20 L20,000,000 mm³
25 L25,000,000 mm³
50 L50,000,000 mm³
100 L100,000,000 mm³
200 L200,000,000 mm³
300 L300,000,000 mm³
500 L500,000,000 mm³
1000 L1,000,000,000 mm³
2000 L2,000,000,000 mm³
5000 L5,000,000,000 mm³
10000 L10,000,000,000 mm³

What is a liter?

One cubic decimeter. A liter of water weighs almost exactly one kilogram, which is how the unit was designed.

What is a cubic millimetre?

A millionth of a litre, because the millimetre is a thousandth of a metre and volume cubes the factor. A microlitre by another name, and the unit injection-moulding shot sizes are quoted in.

How many cubic millimetres are in a liter?

One liter is 1000000 cubic millimetres, exactly. Going the other way, one cubic millimetre is 1.0000 × 10^-6 liters. 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 liter.

Source: NIST Handbook 130 — US customary liquid measure

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Questions people actually ask

How many cubic millimetres are in a liter?
1000000. A millionth of a litre, because the millimetre is a thousandth of a metre and volume cubes the factor. A microlitre by another name, and the unit injection-moulding shot sizes are quoted in.
How do I convert cubic millimetres back to liters?
Divide by 1000000, or multiply by 1.0000 × 10^-6 — they are the same operation.

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