9 units · base unit km/L · L⁻²

Fuel economy converter

The only category on this site where the conversion is a reciprocal, not a multiplication: more L/100 km means worse economy. Because the reciprocal of a fraction is still a fraction, these conversions stay exact.

100L/100 km
✓ Exact 1 km/L = 100 L/100 km
1 km/L = 100 L/100 km

Common fuel economy conversions

All fuel economy units

Each unit expressed in kilometer per liters (km/L), the unit everything in this category converts through.

Unit Symbol System Value in km/L
Kilometer per liter km/L metric 1
Liter per 100 km L/100 km metric 100
Liter per kilometer L/km metric 1
Mile per US gallon mpg (US) us 0.42514370743
Mile per imperial gallon mpg (imp) imperial 0.354006189935
Mile per liter mi/L other 1.609344
US gallon per 100 miles gal/100 mi us 42.514370743
Meter per cubic meter m/m³ SI 0.000001
Kilometer per US gallon km/gal other 0.264172052358

About fuel economy units

Convert mpg (US and imperial), L/100 km and km/L.

The only category on this site where the conversion is a reciprocal, not a multiplication: more L/100 km means worse economy. Because the reciprocal of a fraction is still a fraction, these conversions stay exact.

Dimensional formula: L⁻². Every conversion on this page goes through the kilometer per liter, using exact fractions rather than decimal approximations. Read how that works →