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US cups to liters

1 US cup in liters
1 cup = 0.23659 L
L = cup × 0.2365882365

To convert US cups to liters, multiply by 0.2365882365. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

US cups to liters table

Common US cup values converted to liters.
US cups Liters
1 cup 0.23659
2 cup 0.47318
3 cup 0.70976
4 cup 0.94635
5 cup 1.182941
10 cup 2.365882
15 cup 3.548824
20 cup 4.731765
25 cup 5.914706
30 cup 7.097647
40 cup 9.463529
50 cup 11.82941
75 cup 17.74412
100 cup 23.65882
250 cup 59.14706
500 cup 118.2941
1,000 cup 236.5882

How the conversion works

The relationship is L = cup × 0.2365882365. 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

How many liters are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 0.23659 liters. L = cup × 0.2365882365.
How do you convert US cups to liters?
Use L = cup × 0.2365882365. So 10 cup is 2.365882 L.
How many US cups are in one liter?
One liter equals 4.226753 US cups, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
Is there more than one kind of US cup?
US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked