Volume Converter
Convert between liters, US and imperial gallons, cups, spoons, cubic units, casks and bottles, plus historical volumes such as the Roman amphora, biblical bath, Japanese koku and Russian vedro.
Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.
Popular volume conversions
- US gallons to liters
- Liters to US gallons
- US cups to milliliters
- Milliliters to US cups
- US fluid ounces to milliliters
- Milliliters to US fluid ounces
- US tablespoons to milliliters
- US teaspoons to milliliters
- US cups to US tablespoons
- Imperial pints to milliliters
- Imperial gallons to US gallons
- Cubic meters to liters
- Oil barrels to liters
- Koku to liters
- Amphorae to liters
Common units
| Unit | Symbol | Value in liters |
|---|---|---|
| liter | L | 1 L |
| milliliter | mL | 0.001 L |
| cubic meter | m³ | 1,000 L |
| cubic centimeter | cm³ | 0.001 L |
| US gallon | gal | 3.785411784 L |
| US quart | qt | 0.946352946 L |
| US pint | pt | 0.473176473 L |
| US cup | cup | 0.2365882365 L |
| US fluid ounce | fl oz | 0.02957352956 L |
| US tablespoon | tbsp | 0.01478676478 L |
| US teaspoon | tsp | 0.004928921594 L |
| metric cup | cup | 0.25 L |
| metric tablespoon | tbsp | 0.015 L |
| metric teaspoon | tsp | 0.005 L |
| imperial gallon | gal (UK) | 4.54609 L |
| imperial pint | pt (UK) | 0.56826125 L |
| imperial fluid ounce | fl oz (UK) | 0.0284130625 L |
| cubic inch | in³ | 0.016387064 L |
| cubic foot | ft³ | 28.31684659 L |
| cubic yard | yd³ | 764.554858 L |
| oil barrel | bbl | 158.9872949 L |
Other units
| Unit | Symbol | Value in liters |
|---|---|---|
| cubic millimeter | mm³ | 0.000001 L |
| microliter | µL | 0.000001 L |
| centiliter | cL | 0.01 L |
| deciliter | dL | 0.1 L |
| hectoliter | hL | 100 L |
| cubic kilometer | km³ | 1,000,000,000,000 L |
| Australian tablespoon | tbsp (AU) | 0.02 L |
| US legal cup | cup (legal) | 0.24 L |
| imperial quart | qt (UK) | 1.1365225 L |
| cubic mile | mi³ | 4,168,181,825,441 L |
| wine bottle | btl | 0.75 L |
| magnum | magnum | 1.5 L |
| jeroboam | jeroboam | ≈ 3 L |
| methuselah | methuselah | 6 L |
| nebuchadnezzar | nebuch | 15 L |
Historical and traditional units
| Unit | Symbol | Value in liters |
|---|---|---|
| US gill | gi | 0.1182941183 L |
| US fluid dram | fl dr | 0.003696691195 L |
| US minim | min | 0.00006161151992 L |
| jigger | jigger | 0.04436029434 L |
| pinch | pinch | ≈ 0.0003080575996 L |
| dash | dash | ≈ 0.0006161151992 L |
| imperial gill | gi (UK) | 0.1420653125 L |
| US bushel | bu | 35.23907017 L |
| US peck | pk | 8.809767542 L |
| US dry quart | dry qt | 1.101220943 L |
| US dry pint | dry pt | 0.5506104714 L |
| US dry barrel | bbl (dry) | 115.6271236 L |
| US liquid barrel | bbl (US) | 119.2404712 L |
| UK beer barrel | bbl (UK) | 163.65924 L |
| firkin | firkin | 40.91481 L |
| kilderkin | kil | 81.82962 L |
| hogshead (ale) | hhd (ale) | 245.48886 L |
| tierce | tierce | 158.9872949 L |
| hogshead (wine) | hhd | 238.4809424 L |
| puncheon | pun | 317.9745899 L |
| butt (pipe) | butt | 476.9618848 L |
| tun | tun | 953.9237696 L |
| acre-foot | ac⋅ft | 1,233,481.838 L |
| cord | cord | 3,624.556364 L |
| board foot | bf | 2.359737216 L |
| cyathus | cyathus | ≈ 0.04548611111 L |
| sextarius | sextarius | ≈ 0.5458333333 L |
| congius | congius | ≈ 3.275 L |
| modius | modius | ≈ 8.733333333 L |
| amphora | amphora | ≈ 26.2 L |
| omer | omer | ≈ 2.2 L |
| hin | hin | ≈ 3.666666667 L |
| bath (biblical) | bath | ≈ 22 L |
| homer | homer | ≈ 220 L |
| gō | gō | 0.1803906837 L |
| shō | shō | 1.803906837 L |
| tō | tō | 18.03906837 L |
| koku | koku | 180.3906837 L |
| charka | charka | ≈ 0.1229941 L |
| shtof | shtof | ≈ 1.229941 L |
| vedro | vedro | ≈ 12.29941 L |