Convert cubic foot per minute to cubic meter per second

1 cfm = 0.0004719474432 m³/s

sig figs
1 cfm = 0.000472 m³/s
Worth knowing

cubic foot per minute: Cfm is a volume rate, so the mass of air it represents changes with pressure, temperature and altitude. A compressor rated in scfm has been corrected to a standard reference condition, while acfm is the actual volume at the inlet, and the two differ substantially at altitude or on a hot day. There is also more than one standard condition in circulation: 68 degrees Fahrenheit at 14.696 psia is common in the compressed air trade and 70 degrees Fahrenheit in some HVAC standards. Mass flow in pounds per hour does not have this ambiguity. Full definition →

How the conversion works

Multiply by 0.0004719474432 to go from cubic foot per minute to cubic meter per second, or divide by it to go back. Every conversion on this site routes through the SI value (m³/s) rather than a table of pairwise factors, so a round-trip returns exactly what you started with.

Going the other way? cubic meter per second to cubic foot per minute: 1 m³/s = 2,118.880003 cfm.

cubic foot per minute to cubic meter per second: common values
1 cfm0.00047194744 m³/s
2 cfm0.00094389489 m³/s
3 cfm0.0014158423 m³/s
5 cfm0.0023597372 m³/s
10 cfm0.0047194744 m³/s
15 cfm0.0070792116 m³/s
20 cfm0.0094389489 m³/s
25 cfm0.011798686 m³/s
50 cfm0.023597372 m³/s
75 cfm0.035396058 m³/s
100 cfm0.047194744 m³/s
250 cfm0.11798686 m³/s
500 cfm0.23597372 m³/s
1000 cfm0.47194744 m³/s