Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to cubic meters is 0.001, which means that 1 liter is equal to 0.001 cubic meters:

1 L = 0.001 m3

To convert 500 liters into cubic meters we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to cubic meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 0.001 m3

500 L → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 500 L × 0.001 m3

V_(m3) = 0.5 m3

The final result is:

500 L → 0.5 m3

We conclude that 500 liters is equivalent to 0.5 cubic meters:

500 liters = 0.5 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 2 × 500 liters.

Another way is saying that 500 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 2 cubic meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred liters is approximately zero point five cubic meters:

500 L ≅ 0.5 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately two times five hundred liters.

Conversion table

liters to cubic meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from liters to cubic meters