Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to deciliters is 10, which means that 1 liter is equal to 10 deciliters:

1 L = 10 dL

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

1 L → 10 dL

1 L → V_(dL)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in deciliters:

V_(dL) = 1 L × 10 dL

V_(dL) = 10 dL

The final result is:

1 L → 10 dL

We conclude that 1 liter is equivalent to 10 deciliters:

1 liter = 10 deciliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 deciliter is equal to 0.1 × 1 liter.

Another way is saying that 1 liter is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1 deciliters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one liter is approximately ten deciliters:

1 L ≅ 10 dL

An alternative is also that one deciliter is approximately zero point one times one liter.

Conversion table

liters to deciliters chart

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