Convert UK gallons per minute to Kilolitres per minute
Convert UK gallons per minute (gpm) to Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
kL/min = gpm × 0.00454609
About UK gallons per minute
The UK (imperial) gallon per minute (gpm) equals 4.54609×10⁻³/60 ≈ 7.577×10⁻⁵ m³/s, historically used in British plumbing design, pump curves, and water-treatment plant sizing. Pre-metric UK water-industry capacity tables and pump manufacturers quoted flows in UK gal/min; legacy British Standard BS EN pump curves often show both units. 1 UK gpm ≈ 7.577×10⁻⁵ m³/s ≈ 4.546 L/min.
About Kilolitres per minute
The kilolitre per minute (kL/min) equals 1/60 m³/s ≈ 0.016667 m³/s, used in Australian water-utility engineering for pump and pipeline sizing. Irrigation district delivery schedules and water-authority trunk-main flow records in Australia and New Zealand frequently use kL/min as an intermediate unit between L/s and ML/d. 1 kL/min = 1 000 L/min ≈ 264.2 US gal/min.
Quick Reference Table
| UK gallons per minute (gpm) | Kilolitres per minute (kL/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 gpm | 0.00454609 kL/min |
| 2 gpm | 0.00909218 kL/min |
| 5 gpm | 0.0227304 kL/min |
| 10 gpm | 0.0454609 kL/min |
| 25 gpm | 0.113652 kL/min |
| 50 gpm | 0.227304 kL/min |
| 100 gpm | 0.454609 kL/min |