Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to cubic meters is 0.001, which means that 1 liter is equal to 0.001 cubic meters:

1 L = 0.001 m3

To convert 1 liter into cubic meters we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to cubic meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 0.001 m3

1 L → V_(m3)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cubic meters:

V_(m3) = 1 L × 0.001 m3

V_(m3) = 0.001 m3

The final result is:

1 L → 0.001 m3

We conclude that 1 liter is equivalent to 0.001 cubic meters:

1 liter = 0.001 cubic meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cubic meter is equal to 1000 × 1 liter.

Another way is saying that 1 liter is equal to 1 ÷ 1000 cubic meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one liter is approximately zero point zero zero one cubic meters:

1 L ≅ 0.001 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately one thousand times one liter.

Conversion table

liters to cubic meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from liters to cubic meters