Cubic yards (yd³)
The cubic yard is the volume of a cube one yard on each side, 27 cubic feet or about 0.765 m³.
Convert cubic yards to any volume unit
1 cubic yard = 764.554858 liters
Quick facts
- Unit
- Cubic yard (plural: cubic yards)
- Symbol
- yd³
- Measures
- Volume / Capacity
- System
- US liquid
- Equals
- 764.554857984 liters
- Definition
- 27 cubic feet (about 764.55 liters).
- Also written
- cu yd, yd3, yard (volume)
1 cubic yard in other units
| Liters | 764.554858 L |
| Gallons | 201.974026 gal |
| Milliliters | 764,554.858 mL |
| Cups | 3,231.584416 cup |
| Fluid ounces | 25,852.67532 fl oz |
| Tablespoons | 51,705.35065 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 155,116.0519 tsp |
| Cubic meters | 0.764554858 m³ |
What is a cubic yard?
The cubic yard is the volume of a cube one yard on each side, 27 cubic feet or about 0.765 m³. In the US, concrete, gravel, topsoil and mulch are sold by the cubic yard, often just called "a yard".
Where the cubic yard sits among volume units
The cubic yard is number 195 of 234 on our scale of volume units, ordered from smallest to largest.
What cubic yards are used for
- Ordering concrete, gravel, sand and topsoil
- Dumpster and truck capacities
Cubic yards in real life
- A standard concrete truck carries 8–10 yd³
- A cubic yard of concrete weighs about 4,000 lb
One cubic yard is enough to fill about 5.1 bathtubs, or enough to fill about 3.7 oil drums, or enough to fill about 15 car fuel tanks, or enough to fill about 40 water-cooler bottles.
Top cubic yard conversions
- Cubic yards to liters
- Cubic yards to gallons
- Cubic yards to milliliters
- Cubic yards to cups
- Cubic yards to fluid ounces
- Cubic yards to tablespoons
- Cubic yards to teaspoons
- Cubic yards to cubic meters
- Cubic yards to pints
- Cubic yards to quarts
- Cubic yards to cubic centimeters
- Cubic yards to cubic feet
Common amounts of cubic yards
- 0.25 yd³
- 0.5 yd³
- 0.75 yd³
- 1 yd³
- 1.5 yd³
- 2 yd³
- 2.5 yd³
- 3 yd³
- 4 yd³
- 5 yd³
- 6 yd³
- 7 yd³
- 8 yd³
- 9 yd³
- 10 yd³
- 11 yd³
- 12 yd³
- 13 yd³
- 14 yd³
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- 20 yd³
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- 22 yd³
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- 24 yd³
- 25 yd³
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- 27 yd³
- 28 yd³
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- 30 yd³
- 31 yd³
- 32 yd³
- 33 yd³
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- 50 yd³
- 60 yd³
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- 80 yd³
- 90 yd³
- 100 yd³
- 150 yd³
- 200 yd³
- 250 yd³
- 300 yd³
- 400 yd³
- 500 yd³
- 750 yd³
- 1,000 yd³
Convert cubic yards to all 233 other units
Metric
- yd³ to L
- yd³ to mL
- yd³ to m³
- yd³ to cm³
- yd³ to µL
- yd³ to dL
- yd³ to cL
- yd³ to mm³
- yd³ to hL
- yd³ to dm³
- yd³ to km³
- yd³ to kL
- yd³ to ML
- yd³ to GL
- yd³ to st
- yd³ to daL
- yd³ to λ
US liquid
- yd³ to gal
- yd³ to cup
- yd³ to fl oz
- yd³ to tbsp
- yd³ to tsp
- yd³ to pt
- yd³ to qt
- yd³ to ft³
- yd³ to bbl
- yd³ to in³
- yd³ to ac⋅ft
- yd³ to shot
- yd³ to FBM
- yd³ to cd
- yd³ to US legal cup
- yd³ to US liquid barrel
- yd³ to mi³
- yd³ to face cord
- yd³ to fifth
- yd³ to gi
- yd³ to ac⋅in
- yd³ to fl dr
- yd³ to min
- yd³ to US hogshead
- yd³ to pottle
US dry
Imperial (UK)
- yd³ to imp gal
- yd³ to imp pt
- yd³ to imp fl oz
- yd³ to imp qt
- yd³ to imperial cup
- yd³ to imperial bushel
- yd³ to imperial tablespoon
- yd³ to imperial teaspoon
- yd³ to UK beer barrel
- yd³ to firkin
- yd³ to imperial dessertspoon
- yd³ to imperial gill
- yd³ to imperial peck
- yd³ to imperial fluid drachm
- yd³ to imperial hogshead
- yd³ to kilderkin
- yd³ to quarter (UK dry)
- yd³ to butt
- yd³ to chaldron
- yd³ to fluid scruple
- yd³ to imperial minim
- yd³ to UK beer tun
- yd³ to coomb
- yd³ to imperial pottle
- yd³ to last
- yd³ to strike
Wine & spirits
- yd³ to standard wine bottle
- yd³ to magnum
- yd³ to half bottle
- yd³ to jeroboam
- yd³ to piccolo
- yd³ to methuselah
- yd³ to pipe
- yd³ to balthazar
- yd³ to nebuchadnezzar
- yd³ to rehoboam
- yd³ to salmanazar
- yd³ to wine tun
- yd³ to English wine rundlet
- yd³ to melchior
- yd³ to melchizedek
- yd³ to primat
- yd³ to puncheon
- yd³ to solomon
- yd³ to sovereign
- yd³ to tierce
Cooking (metric & informal)
- yd³ to metric cup
- yd³ to metric tablespoon
- yd³ to metric teaspoon
- yd³ to dash
- yd³ to pinch
- yd³ to Australian tablespoon
- yd³ to gtt
- yd³ to stick of butter (volume)
- yd³ to smidgen
- yd³ to Japanese cup
- yd³ to Canadian cup
- yd³ to tad
- yd³ to teacup
- yd³ to coffeespoon
- yd³ to saltspoon
- yd³ to wineglass
Oil, gas & shipping
- yd³ to scf
- yd³ to TEU
- yd³ to MMbbl
- yd³ to Nm³
- yd³ to Mbbl
- yd³ to Mcf
- yd³ to Bcf
- yd³ to MMcf
- yd³ to Sm³
- yd³ to Tcf
- yd³ to FEU
- yd³ to freight ton
- yd³ to RT
- yd³ to displacement ton (volume)
- yd³ to water ton
Scientific
Ancient
- yd³ to Roman amphora
- yd³ to ephah
- yd³ to sextarius
- yd³ to Biblical hin
- yd³ to Roman cyathus
- yd³ to bath
- yd³ to congius
- yd³ to cor
- yd³ to hemina
- yd³ to heqat
- yd³ to log
- yd³ to modius
- yd³ to omer
- yd³ to Egyptian hin
- yd³ to acetabulum
- yd³ to choinix
- yd³ to chous
- yd³ to culleus
- yd³ to kab
- yd³ to khar
- yd³ to kotyle
- yd³ to kyathos
- yd³ to lethech
- yd³ to ligula
- yd³ to medimnos
- yd³ to metretes
- yd³ to quartarius
- yd³ to ro
- yd³ to seah
- yd³ to urna
- yd³ to xestes
East & Southeast Asian
- yd³ to 合
- yd³ to 升
- yd³ to 石
- yd³ to 升
- yd³ to 斗
- yd³ to 石
- yd³ to 홉
- yd³ to 斗
- yd³ to 撮
- yd³ to 合
- yd³ to 勺
- yd³ to 勺
- yd³ to Thai sat
- yd³ to 되
- yd³ to kwian
- yd³ to 말
- yd³ to 才
- yd³ to 섬
- yd³ to thanan
European (pre-metric)
- yd³ to Mass
- yd³ to fanega
- yd³ to vedro
- yd³ to Russian chetvert
- yd³ to Schoppen
- yd³ to alqueire
- yd³ to cantara
- yd³ to charka
- yd³ to cuartillo
- yd³ to pinte
- yd³ to Dutch kan
- yd³ to Dutch mud
- yd³ to Eimer
- yd³ to Fuder
- yd³ to Ohm
- yd³ to Oxhoft
- yd³ to Russian vodka bottle
- yd³ to Scheffel
- yd³ to Seidel
- yd³ to Swedish stop
- yd³ to almud
- yd³ to almude
- yd³ to azumbre
- yd³ to bochka
- yd³ to boisseau
- yd³ to canada
- yd³ to chetverik
- yd³ to chopine
- yd³ to copa
- yd³ to demiard
- yd³ to feuillette
- yd³ to garnets
- yd³ to kanna
- yd³ to kappe
- yd³ to kruzhka
- yd³ to moio
- yd³ to muid
- yd³ to osmina
- yd³ to posson
- yd³ to quartaut
- yd³ to quartilho
- yd³ to roquille
- yd³ to setier
- yd³ to shkalik
- yd³ to tunna
- yd³ to velte
Everyday comparisons
Convert to cubic yards
- Liters to cubic yards
- Gallons to cubic yards
- Milliliters to cubic yards
- Cups to cubic yards
- Fluid ounces to cubic yards
- Tablespoons to cubic yards
- Teaspoons to cubic yards
- Cubic meters to cubic yards
- Pints to cubic yards
- Quarts to cubic yards
- Cubic centimeters to cubic yards
- Cubic feet to cubic yards
Frequently asked questions
What is a cubic yard?
The cubic yard is the volume of a cube one yard on each side, 27 cubic feet or about 0.765 m³.
How is the cubic yard defined?
27 cubic feet (about 764.55 liters).
How many liters are in a cubic yard?
One cubic yard equals 764.554858 liters.
How many gallons are in a cubic yard?
One cubic yard equals 201.974026 gallons.
How many milliliters are in a cubic yard?
One cubic yard equals 764,554.858 milliliters.