--- title: "3 L to cup = 12.68026 cup" description: "3 liters is 12.68026 US cups. The arithmetic, a table of nearby values, and a converter for any other number." url: https://atoneplace.net/convert/3-liters-to-cups/ site: "At One Place" --- # 3 L to cup **3 liters in US cups: 3 L = 12.68026 cup** cup = L × 4.226752838 3 liters is 12.68026 US cups. To get there, multiply by 4.226752838. ## Values either side *Liters near 3, converted to US cups.* | Liters | US cups | | --- | --- | | 1 L | 4.226753 | | 1.5 L | 6.340129 | | 2 L | 8.453506 | | 2.5 L | 10.56688 | | 3 L ← | 12.68026 | | 4 L | 16.90701 | | 5 L | 21.13376 | | 6 L | 25.36052 | | 7 L | 29.58727 | ## How the conversion works The relationship is cup = L × 4.226752838. Both units measure volume, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two. > US cup: US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL. ## Common questions ### What is 3 L in US cups? 3 L is 12.68026 cup. ### How do you convert liters to US cups? Multiply by 4.226752838. ## Related pages - [Liters to US cups](https://atoneplace.net/convert/liters-to-cups/) - [3 cup to L](https://atoneplace.net/convert/3-cups-to-liters/) - [1 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/1-liters-to-cups/) - [1.5 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/1-5-liters-to-cups/) - [2 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/2-liters-to-cups/) - [2.5 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/2-5-liters-to-cups/) - [4 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/4-liters-to-cups/) - [5 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/5-liters-to-cups/) - [6 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/6-liters-to-cups/) - [7 L to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/7-liters-to-cups/) ## Sources - Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811) [Public domain (US Government)] - The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure) - Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)