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 21.2 liters into cubic meters we have to multiply 21.2 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

21.2 L → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 21.2 L × 0.001 m3

V_(m3) = 0.0212 m3

The final result is:

21.2 L → 0.0212 m3

We conclude that 21.2 liters is equivalent to 0.0212 cubic meters:

21.2 liters = 0.0212 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 47.169811320755 × 21.2 liters.

Another way is saying that 21.2 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 47.169811320755 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

21.2 L ≅ 0.021 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately forty-seven point one seven times twenty-one point two 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