How many centimeters are in a meter? There are 100 centimeters in a meter. how many centimeters cubed in one meter cubed? (100)^3 or 1,000,000 centimeters cubed. Meters are larger than centimeters so the equivalent amount of meters cubed, will be a number smaller than the number for centimeters cubed. This means you will divided the number for centimeters cubed by 1,000,000.