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Flow Converter

Convert volumetric flow rate between cubic meters per second, liters per minute, gallons per minute, CFM, and more.

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Enter a value and choose the units. Your answer updates as you type.

Result

60 Cubic meter per minute (m³/min)

Quick reference
  • Cubic meter per second (m³/s)1 base units
  • Cubic meter per minute (m³/min)0.016666666666666666 base units
  • Liter per second (L/s)0.001 base units
  • Liter per minute (L/min)0.000016666666666666667 base units
  • Milliliter per second (mL/s)0.000001 base units
  • US gallon per minute (GPM)0.0000630901964 base units
  • Imperial gallon per minute (Imperial GPM)0.00007576816666666667 base units

About the Flow Converter

Volumetric flow rate describes how much fluid volume passes a section per time in pipe sizing, ventilation, pumps, and laboratory metering. The converter uses Cubic meter per second (m³/s) as its SI reference and retains full factor precision while you work, which avoids mixing dimensional prefixes or customary units in technical calculations.

Enter a value to see an immediate result—for example, 1 Cubic meter per minute (m³/min) equals 0.016666667 Cubic meter per second (m³/s). For adjacent calculations, the Mass Flow Converter and Molar Flow Converter provide complementary dimensional checks.

Frequently asked questions

What is the SI reference for flow?

This page uses Cubic meter per second (m³/s) as the base unit, so every listed factor is a multiplier to that SI quantity.

When is a flow useful?

Volumetric flow rate describes how much fluid volume passes a section per time in pipe sizing, ventilation, pumps, and laboratory metering.

Are these flow factors exact?

SI prefixes and defined international units are represented with their standard factors; customary and CGS values are shown to the precision of their published definitions.

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For a related calculation, use Speed Converter to convert speed between meters per second, kilometers per hour, miles per hour, knots, feet per second, and Mach. Alternatively, use Mass Flow Converter to convert mass flow rate precisely between kg/s, kg/min, kg/h, g/s, pounds per hour, and tonnes per hour.

For the underlying method, read Viscosity Explained: Dynamic vs. Kinematic and Why It Matters.