Convert Litre to Cubic Foot
1 litre = 0.03531467 cubic foot (ft³). For example, 10 litre = 0.3531467 cubic foot and 100 litre = 3.531467 cubic foot. Type any value below to convert litre to cubic foot both ways — it runs entirely in your browser.
Quick answer: Litre to Cubic Foot
1 Litre = 0.03531467 Cubic Foot (L → ft³). To convert litre to cubic foot, multiply by 0.03531467. To convert cubic foot to litre, multiply by 28.31685. The converter at the top does this instantly and both ways; the sections below give the formula, worked examples, a full conversion chart and answers to the most common litre-to-cubic foot questions.
How to convert Litre to Cubic Foot
To convert litre to cubic foot, multiply the number of litre by the conversion factor 0.03531467, because 1 L = 0.03531467 ft³. The conversion is linear, so the same factor works for any value — whole numbers, decimals or fractions. For the reverse direction, 1 ft³ = 28.31685 L, so you divide by 0.03531467 (or multiply by 28.31685) to turn cubic foot back into litre.
ft³ = L × 0.03531467 ·
L = ft³ × 28.31685
- Write down the value you want to convert, in litre.
- Multiply it by 0.03531467.
- The result is the same area/length/quantity expressed in cubic foot.
Litre to Cubic Foot — worked examples
Each row shows the exact arithmetic so you can follow the conversion step by step. For example, 5 litre is 0.1765733 cubic foot because 5 L × 0.03531467 = 0.1765733 ft³.
| Litre | Calculation | Cubic Foot |
|---|---|---|
| 1 L | 1 L × 0.03531467 = 0.03531467 ft³ | 0.03531467 ft³ |
| 2 L | 2 L × 0.03531467 = 0.07062933 ft³ | 0.07062933 ft³ |
| 3 L | 3 L × 0.03531467 = 0.105944 ft³ | 0.105944 ft³ |
| 5 L | 5 L × 0.03531467 = 0.1765733 ft³ | 0.1765733 ft³ |
| 7 L | 7 L × 0.03531467 = 0.2472027 ft³ | 0.2472027 ft³ |
| 10 L | 10 L × 0.03531467 = 0.3531467 ft³ | 0.3531467 ft³ |
| 12 L | 12 L × 0.03531467 = 0.423776 ft³ | 0.423776 ft³ |
| 15 L | 15 L × 0.03531467 = 0.52972 ft³ | 0.52972 ft³ |
| 20 L | 20 L × 0.03531467 = 0.7062933 ft³ | 0.7062933 ft³ |
| 25 L | 25 L × 0.03531467 = 0.8828667 ft³ | 0.8828667 ft³ |
| 50 L | 50 L × 0.03531467 = 1.765733 ft³ | 1.765733 ft³ |
| 100 L | 100 L × 0.03531467 = 3.531467 ft³ | 3.531467 ft³ |
Common Litre to Cubic Foot conversions
These are the litre-to-cubic foot values people look up most often. Every figure is computed from the exact factor, so you can rely on them for quick reference:
- 1 litre = 0.03531467 cubic foot
- 2 litre = 0.07062933 cubic foot
- 2.5 litre = 0.08828667 cubic foot
- 3 litre = 0.105944 cubic foot
- 4 litre = 0.1412587 cubic foot
- 5 litre = 0.1765733 cubic foot
- 6 litre = 0.211888 cubic foot
- 7 litre = 0.2472027 cubic foot
- 8 litre = 0.2825173 cubic foot
- 9 litre = 0.317832 cubic foot
- 10 litre = 0.3531467 cubic foot
- 12 litre = 0.423776 cubic foot
- 15 litre = 0.52972 cubic foot
- 20 litre = 0.7062933 cubic foot
- 25 litre = 0.8828667 cubic foot
- 30 litre = 1.05944 cubic foot
- 50 litre = 1.765733 cubic foot
- 75 litre = 2.6486 cubic foot
- 100 litre = 3.531467 cubic foot
- 200 litre = 7.062933 cubic foot
- 500 litre = 17.65733 cubic foot
- 1000 litre = 35.31467 cubic foot
Litre to Cubic Foot conversion chart (both directions)
The chart below converts litre to cubic foot and cubic foot to litre side by side, so it works whichever way you need. 1 litre = 0.03531467 cubic foot, and 1 cubic foot = 28.31685 litre.
| Litre → Cubic Foot | Cubic Foot → Litre |
|---|---|
| 0.25 L = 0.008828667 ft³ | 0.25 ft³ = 7.079212 L |
| 0.5 L = 0.01765733 ft³ | 0.5 ft³ = 14.15842 L |
| 1 L = 0.03531467 ft³ | 1 ft³ = 28.31685 L |
| 2 L = 0.07062933 ft³ | 2 ft³ = 56.63369 L |
| 3 L = 0.105944 ft³ | 3 ft³ = 84.95054 L |
| 4 L = 0.1412587 ft³ | 4 ft³ = 113.2674 L |
| 5 L = 0.1765733 ft³ | 5 ft³ = 141.5842 L |
| 6 L = 0.211888 ft³ | 6 ft³ = 169.9011 L |
| 7 L = 0.2472027 ft³ | 7 ft³ = 198.2179 L |
| 8 L = 0.2825173 ft³ | 8 ft³ = 226.5348 L |
| 9 L = 0.317832 ft³ | 9 ft³ = 254.8516 L |
| 10 L = 0.3531467 ft³ | 10 ft³ = 283.1685 L |
| 12 L = 0.423776 ft³ | 12 ft³ = 339.8022 L |
| 15 L = 0.52972 ft³ | 15 ft³ = 424.7527 L |
| 20 L = 0.7062933 ft³ | 20 ft³ = 566.3369 L |
| 25 L = 0.8828667 ft³ | 25 ft³ = 707.9212 L |
| 30 L = 1.05944 ft³ | 30 ft³ = 849.5054 L |
| 40 L = 1.412587 ft³ | 40 ft³ = 1,132.674 L |
| 50 L = 1.765733 ft³ | 50 ft³ = 1,415.842 L |
| 75 L = 2.6486 ft³ | 75 ft³ = 2,123.763 L |
| 100 L = 3.531467 ft³ | 100 ft³ = 2,831.685 L |
| 150 L = 5.2972 ft³ | 150 ft³ = 4,247.527 L |
| 200 L = 7.062933 ft³ | 200 ft³ = 5,663.369 L |
| 250 L = 8.828667 ft³ | 250 ft³ = 7,079.212 L |
| 500 L = 17.65733 ft³ | 500 ft³ = 14,158.42 L |
| 1000 L = 35.31467 ft³ | 1000 ft³ = 28,316.85 L |
Litre vs Cubic Foot: which is bigger?
A cubic foot is the larger unit: one cubic foot equals 28.31685 litres. Put another way, you need 28.31685 litres to make a single cubic foot.
What is a Litre? History, origin and usage
The litre was introduced in France in 1795 as a republican measure equal to one cubic decimetre, its name derived from the older French litron, in turn from Byzantine Greek (where it had been a unit of weight) via Late Medieval Latin. In 1901 the litre was redefined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at maximum density, making it very slightly larger than a cubic decimetre. In 1964 that awkward definition was abandoned and the litre returned to being exactly one cubic decimetre.
The litre is the everyday metric unit of volume across most of the world: fuel sold at the pump, bottled water and soft drinks, milk, engine and cooking oil, and car engine capacity. It is the unit people reach for whenever a volume is larger than a kitchen spoonful but smaller than a tankful.
The litre is not an official SI unit but is accepted for use alongside it. Its symbol may be written as a capital L precisely because a lowercase l is easily mistaken for the digit 1 in many fonts.
What is a Cubic Foot? History, origin and usage
The cubic foot is a US customary and imperial unit equal to the volume of a cube one foot on each side, and like the inch it became precisely defined once the foot was fixed against the metre. It has been a standard trade measure for bulky goods and gases for centuries in the English-speaking world.
The cubic foot is widely used in the United States for natural-gas billing, refrigerator and appliance capacity, shipping and storage volume, and airflow in heating and ventilation (where cubic feet per minute, or CFM, rates fans and ducts). Builders and movers estimate space in cubic feet.
US gas utilities often bill in hundreds (CCF) or thousands (MCF) of cubic feet rather than single cubic feet. One cubic foot contains 1,728 cubic inches, since a foot is twelve inches.
Convert 1 Litre to other units
It can help to see a litre next to the other units it is commonly compared with. One litre (L) is equal to:
| 1 Litre equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 1,000 mL | Millilitre |
| 100 cL | Centilitre |
| 0.001 m³ | Cubic Metre |
| 1,000 cm³ | Cubic Centimetre |
| 61.02374 in³ | Cubic Inch |
| 0.03531467 ft³ | Cubic Foot |
| 0.2641721 US gal | US Gallon |
| 0.2641721 gal | US Gallon |
| 1.056688 US qt | US Quart |
| 1.056688 qt | US Quart |
| 2.113376 US pt | US Pint |
| 2.113376 pt | US Pint |
| 33.81402 US fl oz | US Fluid Ounce |
| 33.81402 fl oz | US Fluid Ounce |
| 35.19508 imp fl oz | Imperial Fluid Ounce |
| 67.62805 tbsp | US Tablespoon |
| 202.8841 tsp | US Teaspoon |
| 8.453506 gi | US Gill |
| 0.02837759 bu | US Bushel |
| 0.006289811 bbl | Oil Barrel |
| 1,000,000 µL | Microlitre |
| 4.226753 US cup | US Cup |
| 33.81402 US fl oz | US Fluid Ounce |
Convert 1 Cubic Foot to other units
One cubic foot (ft³) is equal to:
| 1 Cubic Foot equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 28,316.85 mL | Millilitre |
| 2,831.685 cL | Centilitre |
| 28.31685 L | Litre |
| 0.02831685 m³ | Cubic Metre |
| 28,316.85 cm³ | Cubic Centimetre |
| 1,728 in³ | Cubic Inch |
| 7.480519 US gal | US Gallon |
| 7.480519 gal | US Gallon |
| 29.92208 US qt | US Quart |
| 29.92208 qt | US Quart |
| 59.84416 US pt | US Pint |
| 59.84416 pt | US Pint |
| 957.5065 US fl oz | US Fluid Ounce |
| 957.5065 fl oz | US Fluid Ounce |
| 996.6137 imp fl oz | Imperial Fluid Ounce |
| 1,915.013 tbsp | US Tablespoon |
| 5,745.039 tsp | US Teaspoon |
| 239.3766 gi | US Gill |
| 0.803564 bu | US Bushel |
| 0.1781076 bbl | Oil Barrel |
| 28,316,850 µL | Microlitre |
| 119.6883 US cup | US Cup |
| 957.5065 US fl oz | US Fluid Ounce |
Tips for converting Litre to Cubic Foot
- To go from litre to cubic foot, multiply by 0.03531467; to go back, divide by 0.03531467 (or multiply by 28.31685).
- For a quick mental estimate, remember that 1 litre ≈ 0.03531467 cubic foot, so 10 litre ≈ 0.3531467 cubic foot.
- The converter above keeps full precision; the tables round for readability, so use the tool for exact figures.
- Both fields update live as you type — change either side to convert in that direction.
How to use this Litre to Cubic Foot converter
Type a number into the Litre field and the equivalent in Cubic Foot appears instantly — there is no “convert” button to press and nothing is sent to a server, so it works offline once the page has loaded and is safe for any data. You can also type into the Cubic Foot field to convert the other way (cubic foot to litre). Use the swap control to flip the two units, and copy the result with a single click. Because the calculation runs in your browser with full floating-point precision, the converter is more exact than the rounded figures shown in the reference chart above — use the chart for quick look-ups and the tool for precise work.
Accuracy and method
Every figure on this page — the formula, the worked examples, the conversion chart and the “convert to other units” tables — is computed from a single verified conversion factor (1 L = 0.03531467 ft³), never copied from a hand-typed lookup table that could drift. That factor is derived from each unit’s definition in terms of a common base unit, and an automated check re-verifies all of the site’s factors on every update, so the numbers here stay correct over time. This matters for litre-to-cubic foot conversions because a small rounding error in a published table compounds quickly at larger quantities; computing from the exact factor avoids that.
Sources
- NIST Special Publication 811 — Guide for the Use of the SI — publishes the exact metric equivalents of the customary units. The inch, foot, yard and mile are defined exactly in metres by the 1959 international yard-and-pound agreement, so every imperial figure on this page is exact, not rounded.
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — the defining document for the SI, published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. It fixes the base unit that this conversion resolves to, which is why the factor here can be exact rather than approximate.
Watch the system: a <strong>US</strong> gallon, quart, pint and fluid ounce are <strong>not</strong> the same size as the <strong>imperial (UK)</strong> ones — a US gallon is 3.785 L while an imperial gallon is 4.546 L, and a US fluid ounce (29.57 mL) is slightly larger than an imperial fluid ounce (28.41 mL). The units on this page are labelled US or Imperial so the result is unambiguous.
Frequently asked questions
- How many cubic foot are in 1 litre?
- 1 litre = 0.03531467 cubic foot (ft³). To convert any number of litre to cubic foot, multiply by 0.03531467.
- How do I convert litre to cubic foot?
- Multiply the number of litre by 0.03531467. For example, 10 litre = 10 × 0.03531467 = 0.3531467 cubic foot, and 25 litre = 0.8828667 cubic foot.
- How many litre are in 1 cubic foot?
- 1 cubic foot = 28.31685 litre. So to convert cubic foot back to litre, multiply by 28.31685.
- What is the formula to convert litre to cubic foot?
- cubic foot = litre × 0.03531467. The reverse formula is litre = cubic foot × 28.31685.
- How much is 100 litre in cubic foot?
- 100 litre = 3.531467 cubic foot. (And 1000 litre = 35.31467 cubic foot.)
- Which is bigger, a litre or a cubic foot?
- A cubic foot is larger: 1 cubic foot = 28.31685 litre.
- Is this litre to cubic foot converter accurate?
- Yes — every value is computed from the exact 0.03531467 ft³ per L factor (not rounded look-up tables), and the factors are re-verified automatically on every update.
- Can I convert cubic foot to litre too?
- Yes. The converter works both ways — enter a value in either field. 1 cubic foot = 28.31685 litre.