Kilometers per liter to US gallons per 100 miles
Type a value in kilometers per liter to see it in US gallons per 100 miles straight away, or type in the second box to convert back.
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How to use it
- Type the value in the kilometers per liter box.
- Read the result in US gallons per 100 miles as you type, and pick the precision you need.
- Swap the direction to convert back, or copy the result.
How it is calculated
gal (US)/100 mi = 42.51437074 ÷ km/L
Divide 42.51437074 by the value in kilometers per liter, because the two units are reciprocal.
Example
To convert 25 km/L to US gallons per 100 miles: 42.51437074 ÷ 25 = 1.70057 gal (US)/100 mi.
Conversion table
| Kilometers per liter (km/L) | US gallons per 100 miles (gal (US)/100 mi) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 42.5144 |
| 2 | 21.2572 |
| 3 | 14.1715 |
| 5 | 8.50287 |
| 10 | 4.25144 |
| 20 | 2.12572 |
| 25 | 1.70057 |
| 50 | 0.850287 |
| 100 | 0.425144 |
| 250 | 0.170057 |
| 500 | 0.0850287 |
| 1,000 | 0.0425144 |
About the units
- Kilometer per liter
- The number of kilometers a vehicle travels on one liter of fuel. A higher number means better economy.
- US gallon per 100 miles
- US gallons used to travel 100 miles, shown on US fuel economy labels. It equals 100 divided by US mpg.
Limits and caveats
- Results are rounded for display and computed with the browser's floating point precision (about 15 significant digits).
- Both unit factors are exact by their official definitions.
Questions about this tool
How many US gallons per 100 miles are in one kilometer per liter?
1 km/L = 42.5144 gal (US)/100 mi exactly.
How do I convert kilometers per liter to US gallons per 100 miles?
Use gal (US)/100 mi = 42.51437074 ÷ km/L. For example, 25 km/L = 1.70057 gal (US)/100 mi.
How many kilometers per liter are in one US gallon per 100 miles?
1 gal (US)/100 mi = 42.5144 km/L.
Why is mpg to L/100 km not a simple multiplication?
The units are reciprocal: one is distance per fuel, the other fuel per distance. You divide about 235.215 by the US mpg value, so 30 mpg is about 7.84 L/100 km.
Why do US and UK mpg differ?
The imperial gallon is 4.54609 L and the US gallon is 3.785411784 L, so the same car shows about 20% more miles per gallon in UK figures.