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MPG ⇄ L/100 km

Fuel consumption converter: MPG ⇄ L/100 km

Comparing an American or British car listing with a European one? Convert fuel economy between miles per gallon (US or UK gallons), litres per 100 km and kilometres per litre in one step. Then enter a distance and the fuel price to see how many litres a trip needs, what it costs and how much each person pays.

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L/100 km
7.5
km per litre
13.3
MPG (US)
31.4
MPG (UK)
37.7

Fuel cost of a trip

km
₾/L
Fuel needed
22.5 L
Fuel cost
67.5 ₾
Per person
67.5 ₾
Cost per km
0.225 ₾

For 300 km at the consumption above. Real consumption depends on speed, traffic, load and air conditioning.

How to use Fuel consumption converter

  1. Step 1: Enter the fuel consumption and pick its unit.

  2. Step 2: Read the same value in every other unit.

  3. Step 3: For a trip, enter the distance, the fuel price and how many people share the cost.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert MPG to L/100 km?

For US MPG divide 235.2 by the MPG: 30 MPG is 7.84 L/100 km. For UK (imperial) MPG divide 282.5 by the MPG. The same formula works backwards.

Why are US and UK MPG different?

A UK (imperial) gallon is 4.546 litres, a US gallon only 3.785 litres, so the same car shows about 20% more MPG in the UK.

Is a higher number better?

For MPG and km per litre, higher is better. For L/100 km, lower is better — it’s fuel used, not distance travelled.