Soil Volume Converter
Convert soil volumes between cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic meters, liters, and gallons.
Useful for raised beds, planters, and landscaping with bulk orders.
Type in any field — the others update instantly.
Soil volume conversions use liters as the base unit.
Metric conversions:
- 1 cubic meter = 1,000 liters
Imperial conversions:
- 1 cubic foot = 28.3168 liters
- 1 cubic yard = 764.555 liters (27 cubic feet)
- 1 US gallon = 3.78541 liters
Common soil bag sizes:
- Small bag: 0.5 cu ft (14.2 L)
- Medium bag: 1 cu ft (28.3 L)
- Large bag: 2 cu ft (56.6 L)
- Bulk bag: 1 cu yd (764.6 L)
Garden bed examples:
- 4×4 ft raised bed, 6 in deep: 8 cu ft (0.3 cu yd, 227 L)
- 4×8 ft raised bed, 12 in deep: 32 cu ft (1.2 cu yd, 906 L)
- 1×1 m raised bed, 30 cm deep: 0.3 cu m (300 L)