Convert Milliliter to US Gallon (ml → gal (US))

Converting milliliters to US gallons is straightforward: multiply by the conversion factor. Follow these three steps to do it by hand or in your head.

1. 1
   Take your value in milliliters

   Start with the number of milliliters (ml) you want to convert.
2. 2
   Multiply by 0.000264

   The conversion factor from ml to gal (US) is 0.000264. Multiply your value by this number.
3. 3
   Read the result in US gallons

   The result is your value in US gallons (gal (US)).

Multiply the value in milliliters by 0.000264. For the reverse direction, multiply by 3,785.4118.

• ✓1 ml = 1 cm³ exactly.
• ✓Medicine: teaspoon ≈ 5 ml, tablespoon ≈ 15 ml, shot glass ≈ 25 ml.
• ✓Measuring jugs marked in ml provide 2–5 ml accuracy; use a syringe below 10 ml.

• ✗Dosing liquid medication by kitchen spoon — spoons vary 3–8 ml. Use the supplied syringe.
• ✗Confusing ml (volume) with mg (mass) on medication labels — different units entirely.
• ✗Reading a "cc" measurement as cubic centimetre with different value — it is identical to ml.

What is the Milliliter?

The milliliter equals one thousandth of a liter (0.001 L) and is the standard small-volume unit for cooking, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and laboratory work. One milliliter is exactly 1 cubic centimeter (1 cm³), a convenient relationship: 1 mL of pure water weighs 1 gram. The milliliter is the universal unit on medicine bottles (a typical cough syrup dose is 5 mL), cosmetics (a perfume bottle is 50–100 mL), and recipe measurements outside North America (a tablespoon is 15 mL, a teaspoon is 5 mL). Medical syringes are calibrated in mL, and IV drip rates are computed in mL per hour. The milliliter relates to the liter (1,000 mL = 1 L), the cubic centimeter (1 mL = 1 cm³ = 1 cc), the teaspoon (1 tsp = 5 mL), and the US fluid ounce (1 fl oz ≈ 29.57 mL).

• Liquid medication dosing in syringes
• Precise cooking and baking measurements
• Laboratory reagent measurement

What is the US Gallon?

The US liquid gallon equals exactly 3.785411784 liters and is the standard volume unit for fuel, beverages, milk, and household liquids in the United States. Defined as 231 cubic inches, the US gallon descends from the English wine gallon of 1707, which Britain replaced with the larger imperial gallon in 1824 — a divergence that left the United States with a different gallon than the rest of the English-speaking world. American gas stations price gasoline by the gallon (typical fill-up: 12–15 gallons), milk is sold in half-gallons and gallons, and many beverages come in fluid-ounce subdivisions of the gallon. The US gallon relates to the liter (1 gal ≈ 3.785 L), the quart (4 qt = 1 gal), the pint (8 pt = 1 gal), the cup (16 cups = 1 gal), and the imperial gallon (1 imp gal ≈ 1.201 US gal — about 20% larger).

• US fuel pricing and consumption
• US paint, oil and cleaning-product packaging
• US beverage containers (1-gallon jugs of milk)