Vaccine Cold Chain Volume Calculator

Work out vaccine cold chain volume instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Vaccine Cold Chain Volume Calculator

Multiplies dose numbers by the WHO packed volume per dose for vaccine and diluent to give the cold chain volume a programme needs.

Formula

Cold chain volume

Litres = doses x packed volume per dose (cm3) / 1000, summed across vaccine and diluent

Worked example

With the default values below, Vaccine Cold Chain Volume Calculator returns Total cold chain volume of 70.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Doses to storeaccepts 1–10,000,000: 20,000
Packed vaccine volume per doseaccepts 0.1–60 cm3: 2.5 cm3
Packed diluent volume per doseaccepts 0–60 cm3: 1 cm3

Results

Total cold chain volume: 70.00 L
Vaccine volume: 50.00 L
Diluent volume: 20.00 L
Packed volume per 1,000 doses: 3.50 L

Step by step

1Values used
2Cold chain volume
3Total cold chain volume= 70.00 L
4Vaccine volume= 50.00 L
5Diluent volume= 20.00 L
6Packed volume per 1,000 doses= 3.50 L

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is diluent kept cold?

Diluent must be cooled before reconstitution but does not require cold storage throughout, which saves cold chain volume.

Where are packed volumes published?

In the WHO prequalified vaccines list, expressed as cm3 per dose including secondary packaging.