Unit Converter › Fuel economy › km/L → US mpg
Fuel economy · inverse · base litres per 100 km
km/L to US mpg
1 kilometres/litre = 2.35214582517 US mpg. US mpg and km/L are reciprocals — the conversion divides rather than multiplies, so a bigger number in one means a smaller number in the other.
Convert
inverse · base litres per 100 km
—
| Every unit at once | Value | Unit |
|---|
km/L to US mpg table
| kilometres/litre | US mpg | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 km/L | 2.35214582517 | US mpg |
| 2 km/L | 4.70429165034 | US mpg |
| 3 km/L | 7.05643747551 | US mpg |
| 5 km/L | 11.7607291259 | US mpg |
| 10 km/L | 23.5214582517 | US mpg |
| 20 km/L | 47.0429165034 | US mpg |
| 25 km/L | 58.8036456292 | US mpg |
| 50 km/L | 117.607291258 | US mpg |
| 100 km/L | 235.214582517 | US mpg |
| 500 km/L | 1,176.07291258 | US mpg |
| 1,000 km/L | 2,352.14582517 | US mpg |
the only category that runs backwards
More litres per 100 km is worse; more miles per gallon is better. The two are reciprocals, not a scale factor, so you cannot average mpg figures the way you average L/100 km. US and UK mpg differ because the gallons do.