The U.S. Dollar per Gallon from Japanese Yen per Liter calculator computes the price of liquid (e.g., gasoline) in U.S. dollars per gallon based on the entered price in Yen per Liter.
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter the following:
Dollars per Gallon (DPG): The calculator returns the price per gallon in U.S. dollars. It uses the gallon to liter conversion and the current exchange rate.
You are accustomed used to seeing your gasoline prices in dollars per gallon, but now you're in the Japan. You have two things against you. In Japan, they sell their gasoline (petrol) by the liter and in Japanese Yen. To make the conversion, you have to know how many liters are in a gallons, and the current exchange rate. This calculator does that for you.
The formula to convert Japanese Yen per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon:
`DPG = YPL * (1.0 " U.S. Gallons")/(3.7854 " Liters") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "¥ 147.05 JPY")`
where:
Note: the currency exchange rate between the Japanese Yen (¥) and U.S. dollars ($) are updated every five minutes.