Kilometers per liter to liters per 100 kilometers Converter

Enter the kilometers per liter, then press Calculate. The liters per 100 kilometers stay hidden while you type.

Press Calculate after the entries are in.

What this fuel economy conversion is for

Use this page when a measurement is written in kilometers per liter and the next step needs liters per 100 kilometers. The number stays blank until you press Calculate, so a half-typed entry is never mistaken for the answer.

The factor

Miles per gallon and liters per 100 kilometers run in opposite directions. US L/100km = 235.215 ÷ mpg. UK gallons are larger, so UK L/100km = 282.481 ÷ mpg. Kilometers per liter = 100 ÷ L/100km.

A worked example

8 kilometers per liter are 12.5 liters per 100 kilometers. Multiply the result by the reverse factor if you want the original number back.

How to check it

Write the factor down, do the multiply on paper, and compare it with the result card. If you change a sentence on this page, edit the HTML file and reload. The form and this note live in the same file.

The reverse conversion is liters per 100 kilometers to kilometers per liter. A nearby pair in the same units is kilometers per liter to miles per gallon (UK). When the converted number is the input to a job, continue with the gas mileage.