Liters to US Gallons Converter
1 liter ≈ 0.264172052 US gallons
About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon used in the UK.
1 liter equals 0.264172 US gallons
How to convert liters to US gallons
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.
gal = L × 0.2641720524One liter is 0.2641720524 US gallons, so a single multiplication converts any value.
2.64172 gal ≈ 10 × 0.2641720524About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon used in the UK.
Liters to US gallons conversion table
Common values in liters, converted to US gallons.
| Liters (L) | US gallons (gal) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.26417205 |
| 2 | 0.5283441 |
| 3 | 0.79251616 |
| 4 | 1.0566882 |
| 5 | 1.3208603 |
| 10 | 2.6417205 |
| 20 | 5.283441 |
| 25 | 6.6043013 |
| 50 | 13.208603 |
| 100 | 26.417205 |
| 250 | 66.043013 |
| 500 | 132.08603 |
| 1,000 | 264.17205 |
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.
US gallongal
The US liquid gallon: exactly 231 cubic inches, or 3.785411784 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.