Deciliters to US Gallons (dL to gal)
1 deciliter equals 0.02641720524 US gallons (rounded).
How to convert deciliters to US gallons
To convert deciliters to US gallons, multiply the number of deciliters by 0.02641720524. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply US gallons by 37.85411784.
US gallons = deciliters × 0.02641720524
Example: 10 deciliters = 0.2641720524 US gallons.
Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.
About these units
Deciliter (dL)
One tenth of a liter (100 mL). Common in recipes in Scandinavia and Switzerland.
Cookbooks and menus in Croatia, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries still measure with the deciliter, writing recipes in dL where an American cook would reach for a cup. A deciliter is one tenth of a liter, so it holds 100 cubic centimeters, or 100 milliliters, and it is a little under half of a US customary cup.
The prefix deci- means one tenth. In practice the unit suits a household portion between a spoon and a full liter. Ten deciliters make a liter, and ten centiliters make a deciliter, so conversion needs only a shifted decimal point. The figure used here is exactly 0.1 liter. For scale, five deciliters make half a liter, and one deciliter is 100 times a single milliliter.
1 deciliter = 0.1 liters (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Litre; Wikipedia: Metric prefix
US Gallon (gal)
Exactly 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 liters (128 US fluid ounces). About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon.
The US gallon is a survivor of English wine trade. Around 1706, a statute in Queen Anne's reign fixed the wine gallon at exactly 231 cubic inches, settling confusion among the competing gallons for wine, ale and corn. British colonies in North America used that wine gallon, and in 1824 Britain replaced all its gallons with a new imperial one while the United States kept the old measure. It was adopted as the legal US standard in 1836 and is still defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, or 3.785411784 liters.
That makes the US gallon about 17 percent smaller than the imperial gallon, a difference that explains why American and British fuel-economy figures cannot be compared directly. Everyday uses are milk jugs, paint cans and gasoline pumps. One gallon divides evenly into four quarts, eight pints, sixteen cups and 128 fluid ounces. A gallon of water weighs a little over 8 pounds, an easy figure to remember when loading a car with water jugs.
1 US gallon = 3.785411784 liters (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Gallon; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume
Related conversions
- US gallons to deciliters (reverse)
- Deciliters to liters
- Deciliters to milliliters
- Deciliters to US cups
- Deciliters to US fluid ounces
- Liters to US gallons
- Milliliters to US gallons
- US cups to US gallons
- US fluid ounces to US gallons
- Cubic meters to US gallons
- Cubic centimeters to US gallons
- US quarts to US gallons
- US pints to US gallons
- US tablespoons to US gallons
- US teaspoons to US gallons
- Metric cups to US gallons
- Metric tablespoons to US gallons
See all volume units.