Liters per 100 kilometers (L/100 km) to Miles per UK gallon (mpg (imp)) Conversion

Liters per 100 kilometers

Litres per 100 kilometres (L/100 km) is the standard fuel consumption measure in Europe, Australia, Canada, and most of the world outside the US. Unlike mpg, it measures consumption rather than range — lower values mean greater efficiency. Standard atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa. To convert US mpg to L/100km, divide 235.215 by the mpg value. L/100km cannot be converted to mpg by simple multiplication because the relationship is inverse: L/100km = 235.215 / mpg (US) or 282.481 / mpg (UK). A fuel-efficient modern car achieves 4–6 L/100km; a large SUV typically consumes 9–14 L/100km.

Miles per UK gallon

Miles per UK gallon (mpg imp) measures fuel economy using the imperial gallon (4.54609 L), which is approximately 20% larger than the US gallon. As a result, the same vehicle achieves a higher mpg figure by the UK standard than by the US standard — a 40 mpg UK figure equals approximately 33.3 mpg US for the same vehicle. The UK mpg is still used in British automotive journalism and official government fuel economy testing, though EU-harmonised L/100km data is increasingly common since Brexit.

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