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 266 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 266 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

266 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 266 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 1.0069195388 m3

The final result is:

266 gal → 1.0069195388 m3

We conclude that 266 gallons is equivalent to 1.0069195388 cubic meters:

266 gallons = 1.0069195388 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 0.99312801218631 × 266 gallons.

Another way is saying that 266 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.99312801218631 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-six gallons is approximately one point zero zero seven cubic meters:

266 gal ≅ 1.007 m3

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