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 257 liters into gallons we have to multiply 257 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

257 L → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 257 L × 0.26417205124156 gal

V_(gal) = 67.892217169081 gal

The final result is:

257 L → 67.892217169081 gal

We conclude that 257 liters is equivalent to 67.892217169081 gallons:

257 liters = 67.892217169081 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.014729228793774 × 257 liters.

Another way is saying that 257 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.014729228793774 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred fifty-seven liters is approximately sixty-seven point eight nine two gallons:

257 L ≅ 67.892 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero one five times two hundred fifty-seven 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