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 259 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 259 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

259 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 259 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.9804216562 m3

The final result is:

259 gal → 0.9804216562 m3

We conclude that 259 gallons is equivalent to 0.9804216562 cubic meters:

259 gallons = 0.9804216562 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 1.019969309813 × 259 gallons.

Another way is saying that 259 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.019969309813 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-nine gallons is approximately zero point nine eight cubic meters:

259 gal ≅ 0.98 m3

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