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 491 liters into gallons we have to multiply 491 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

491 L → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 491 L × 0.26417205124156 gal

V_(gal) = 129.70847715961 gal

The final result is:

491 L → 129.70847715961 gal

We conclude that 491 liters is equivalent to 129.70847715961 gallons:

491 liters = 129.70847715961 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0077095963340122 × 491 liters.

Another way is saying that 491 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0077095963340122 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred ninety-one liters is approximately one hundred twenty-nine point seven zero eight gallons:

491 L ≅ 129.708 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero eight times four hundred ninety-one 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