Liters to Cubic Meters Converter
1 liter = 0.001 cubic meters
1 liter equals 0.001 cubic meters
How to convert liters to cubic meters
Choose the named US, Imperial or metric unit before converting a recipe or container size. A US liquid gallon is 3.785411784 L; an Imperial gallon is 4.54609 L. Volume alone cannot give ingredient mass without density.
m³ = L × 0.001One liter is 0.001 cubic meters, so a single multiplication converts any value.
0.01 m³ = 10 × 0.001Liters to cubic meters conversion table
Common values in liters, converted to cubic meters.
| Liters (L) | Cubic meters (m³) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.001 |
| 2 | 0.002 |
| 3 | 0.003 |
| 4 | 0.004 |
| 5 | 0.005 |
| 10 | 0.01 |
| 20 | 0.02 |
| 25 | 0.025 |
| 50 | 0.05 |
| 100 | 0.1 |
| 250 | 0.25 |
| 500 | 0.5 |
| 1,000 | 1 |
About these units
literL
Exactly one cubic decimetre, or 1,000 cm³. The everyday metric volume unit.
Reference: BIPM, non-SI units accepted for use with the SI.
cubic meterm³
The SI derived unit of volume: a cube one metre on each side, or 1,000 litres.
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.