Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cubic meters is 0.0037854118, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 0.0037854118 cubic meters:

1 gal = 0.0037854118 m3

To convert 253 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 253 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cubic meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 0.0037854118 m3

253 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 253 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.9577091854 m3

The final result is:

253 gal → 0.9577091854 m3

We conclude that 253 gallons is equivalent to 0.9577091854 cubic meters:

253 gallons = 0.9577091854 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 1.0441583053026 × 253 gallons.

Another way is saying that 253 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0441583053026 cubic meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred fifty-three gallons is approximately zero point nine five eight cubic meters:

253 gal ≅ 0.958 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately one point zero four four times two hundred fifty-three gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cubic meters chart

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