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US gallons to US cups

1 US gallon in US cups
1 gal = 16 cup
cup = gal × 16

To convert US gallons to US cups, multiply by 16. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

US gallons to US cups table

Common US gallon values converted to US cups.
US gallons US cups
1 gal 16
2 gal 32
3 gal 48
4 gal 64
5 gal 80
10 gal 160
15 gal 240
20 gal 320
25 gal 400
30 gal 480
40 gal 640
50 gal 800
75 gal 1,200
100 gal 1,600
250 gal 4,000
500 gal 8,000
1,000 gal 16,000

How the conversion works

The relationship is cup = gal × 16. 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 gallon: US liquid gallon. The imperial gallon is about 20% larger.

US cup: US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.

Common questions

How many US cups are in one US gallon?
One US gallon equals 16 US cups. cup = gal × 16.
How do you convert US gallons to US cups?
Use cup = gal × 16. So 10 gal is 160 cup.
How many US gallons are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 0.0625 US gallons, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
Is there more than one kind of US gallon?
US liquid gallon. The imperial gallon is about 20% larger. 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