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Liters to US cups

1 liter in US cups
1 L = 4.226753 cup
cup = L × 4.226752838

To convert liters to US cups, multiply by 4.226752838. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

Liters to US cups table

Common liter values converted to US cups.
Liters US cups
1 L 4.226753
2 L 8.453506
3 L 12.68026
4 L 16.90701
5 L 21.13376
10 L 42.26753
15 L 63.40129
20 L 84.53506
25 L 105.6688
30 L 126.8026
40 L 169.0701
50 L 211.3376
75 L 317.0065
100 L 422.6753
250 L 1,056.6882
500 L 2,113.3764
1,000 L 4,226.7528

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

How many US cups are in one liter?
One liter equals 4.226753 US cups. cup = L × 4.226752838.
How do you convert liters to US cups?
Use cup = L × 4.226752838. So 10 L is 42.26753 cup.
How many liters are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 0.23659 liters, 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