5 L/100 km to km/L — 5 litres per 100 km in kilometres per litre

5L/100 km20km/L

5 L/100 km → 20 km/L

Amount

From

5 litres per 100 km in other units

US miles per gallon	47.042917	mpg (US)
Imperial miles per gallon	56.496187	mpg (UK)
Kilometres per litre	20	km/L
Miles per litre	12.427424	mi/L

L/100 km to km/L at a glance

Litres per 100 km	Kilometres per litre
1 L/100 km	100 km/L
2 L/100 km	50 km/L
3 L/100 km	33.333333 km/L
5 L/100 km	20 km/L
10 L/100 km	10 km/L
20 L/100 km	5 km/L
25 L/100 km	4 km/L
50 L/100 km	2 km/L
100 L/100 km	1 km/L
250 L/100 km	0.4 km/L
500 L/100 km	0.2 km/L
1,000 L/100 km	0.1 km/L

How to convert litres per 100 km to kilometres per litre

Multiply by 100 — one litre per 100 km is 100 kilometres per litre.

Working 5 L/100 km → 20 km/L

In words: twenty kilometres per litre.

What these units are

The litre per 100 km and the kilometre per litre are covered in the fuel economy unit guide, along with every other unit on this page.

Questions

How many kilometres per litre are in a litre per 100 km?

One litre per 100 km is 100 kilometres per litre.

What is 5 litres per 100 km in kilometres per litre?

5 litres per 100 km is 20 kilometres per litre. The working is 5 L/100 km → 20 km/L.

Why can't I convert mpg with a simple multiplier?

Because the two measures run in opposite directions. Miles per gallon counts distance per unit of fuel; litres per 100 km counts fuel per unit of distance. One is the reciprocal of the other, so you divide rather than multiply.

Why is UK mpg always a bigger number than US mpg?

The Imperial gallon is about 20% larger, so the same car travels further on one of them. A car rated 30 mpg in the US is around 36 mpg in the UK, with nothing about the car having changed.

Going from 15 to 20 mpg, or 30 to 40 mpg — which saves more fuel?

The first, by a wide margin. Over 10,000 miles the 15-to-20 change saves about 167 gallons; the 30-to-40 change saves about 83. This is exactly the trap the inverse relationship sets, and why litres per 100 km is the easier measure to reason with.

Other fuel economy conversions

km/L to L/100 km mpg (US) to L/100 km L/100 km to mpg (US)mpg (UK) to L/100 km mpg (US) to mpg (UK)