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 12.7 liters into cubic meters we have to multiply 12.7 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

12.7 L → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 12.7 L × 0.001 m3

V_(m3) = 0.0127 m3

The final result is:

12.7 L → 0.0127 m3

We conclude that 12.7 liters is equivalent to 0.0127 cubic meters:

12.7 liters = 0.0127 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 78.740157480315 × 12.7 liters.

Another way is saying that 12.7 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 78.740157480315 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

12.7 L ≅ 0.013 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately seventy-eight point seven four times twelve point seven liters.

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