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title: "US cups to Liters — cup to L converter"
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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.

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## 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/)