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 262.3 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 262.3 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

262.3 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 262.3 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.99291351514 m3

The final result is:

262.3 gal → 0.99291351514 m3

We conclude that 262.3 gallons is equivalent to 0.99291351514 cubic meters:

262.3 gallons = 0.99291351514 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 1.0071370615385 × 262.3 gallons.

Another way is saying that 262.3 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0071370615385 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

262.3 gal ≅ 0.993 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately one point zero zero seven times two hundred sixty-two point 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