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Liters per 100 Km to Miles per Gallon Converter

Convert liters per 100 km (L/100 km) to miles per gallon (US) (mpg), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter a fuel economy, choose its unit and the unit you want. The answer is exact until it is shown, and the same value appears in every other unit.

About valueA number, fraction (3/8), mixed number (1 1/2), scientific notation (2.5e6) or a simple sum such as 2*3.
About toThe unit you want the answer in. Swap exchanges the two units.
Result
Result
235.214583333 mpg
kilometers per liter
100 km/L
miles per gallon (UK)
282.480936332 mpg (UK)

1 L/100 km = 235.214583333 mpg

Show the working
  1. 1 L/100 km = 100 km/L
  2. 100 km/L = 235.214583333 mpg

How to convert liters per 100 km to miles per gallon

One of these units is the reciprocal of the other (fuel or energy per distance against distance per fuel or energy), so the conversion divides rather than multiplies.

Worked example:

20 L/100 km = 5 km/L
5 km/L = 11.7607291667 mpg

Liters per 100 Km to miles per gallon table

Liters per 100 KmMiles per Gallon
2 L/100 km117.607291667 mpg
4 L/100 km58.8036458333 mpg
5 L/100 km47.0429166667 mpg
6 L/100 km39.2024305556 mpg
8 L/100 km29.4018229167 mpg
10 L/100 km23.5214583333 mpg
12 L/100 km19.6012152778 mpg
15 L/100 km15.6809722222 mpg
20 L/100 km11.7607291667 mpg
25 L/100 km9.40858333333 mpg
30 L/100 km7.84048611111 mpg
35 L/100 km6.72041666667 mpg
40 L/100 km5.88036458333 mpg
50 L/100 km4.70429166667 mpg
60 L/100 km3.92024305556 mpg

About the units

Liters per 100 Km (L/100 km)
Liters per 100 km, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (SI units, prefixes and units accepted for use with the SI).
Miles per Gallon (mpg)
Miles per gallon (US), a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 (2024), Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurement.

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