Need to know how many liters actually make up a gallon? Here's a simple & detailed guide with conversion tables.
When talking about everyday activities like grocery shopping for big volumes of liquids like water, milk, juice, soda, and any other liquid condiments, we commonly come across units of measurement like liters and gallons.
We need to understand the conversion values between gallon and liter, but it is always hard for us to memorize. Here is a helpful guide about conversions.
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What is Liter?
A liter is a unit used for measuring liquid volume capacity in the metric system. The standard abbreviation for liter is L or l.
1 Liter = 1000 mL (or) 4 Cups
In American English spelled as 'Liter', and In British English, it's spelled as Litre.
What is Gallon?
A Gallon is a unit used for measuring the volume of both dry and liquid ingredients. It is mostly used as the standard measurement for large containers of liquid products such as milk, gasoline, and water in the United States. The standard abbreviation for gallon is gal.
1 Gallon = 8 pints (or) 128 fluid ounces (oz) (or) 4 quarts of liquid (or) 3.785 liters
There are also three types of gallons: the US liquid gallon, the US dry gallon, and the imperial gallon (also known as the UK gallon).
How Many Liters Are In A Gallon?
There are 3.7854 liters in a galloon.
However, the values will differ based on the measurement system you’re using, either metric or imperial.
- US liquid gallon: 3.7854 liters
- US dry gallon: 4.404 liters
- Imperial gallon: 4.546 liters
Quick Conversions from Gallons to Liters
Here is our simple conversion table for converting gallon to liter.
| US gallon | US liters | Imperial/UK gallon | UK litres |
| â…“ | 1.261 | â…“ | 1.51 |
| ½ | 1.892 | ½ | 2.27 |
| 1 | 3.79 | 1 | 4.55 |
| 2 | 7.58 | 2 | 9.10 |
| 3 | 11.37 | 3 | 13.65 |
| 4 | 15.16 | 4 | 18.20 |
| 5 | 18.95 | 5 | 22.75 |
| 6 | 22.74 | 6 | 27.30 |
| 7 | 26.53 | 7 | 31.74 |
| 8 | 30.32 | 8 | 36.29 |
| 9 | 34.11 | 9 | 40.84 |
| 10 | 37.90 | 10 | 45.50 |
| 100 | 379.00 | 100 | 455.00 |
Frequently Asked Questions
There are 3.785 liters in a gallon of milk.
One gallon is equal to 3.7854 liters.
A half gallon is equal to 1.8927 liters.
There are 1.261 liters in (â…“) gallon.
A UK gallon has 4.546 litres.
A Canadian gallon has 4.546 litres.
An Australian gallon has 4.546 litres
There are 4 quarts in a US gallon.
There are 16 cups in a US gallon.
How Many Liters Are In A Gallon
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