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 256 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 256 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

256 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 256 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.9690654208 m3

The final result is:

256 gal → 0.9690654208 m3

We conclude that 256 gallons is equivalent to 0.9690654208 cubic meters:

256 gallons = 0.9690654208 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 1.0319220751623 × 256 gallons.

Another way is saying that 256 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0319220751623 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-six gallons is approximately zero point nine six nine cubic meters:

256 gal ≅ 0.969 m3

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