Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to gallons is 0.26417205124156, which means that 1 liter is equal to 0.26417205124156 gallons:

1 L = 0.26417205124156 gal

To convert 16 liters into gallons we have to multiply 16 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 0.26417205124156 gal

16 L → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 16 L × 0.26417205124156 gal

V_(gal) = 4.2267528198649 gal

The final result is:

16 L → 4.2267528198649 gal

We conclude that 16 liters is equivalent to 4.2267528198649 gallons:

16 liters = 4.2267528198649 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.2365882375 × 16 liters.

Another way is saying that 16 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.2365882375 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that sixteen liters is approximately four point two two seven gallons:

16 L ≅ 4.227 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point two three seven times sixteen liters.

Conversion table

liters to gallons chart

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