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title: "Liters to US cups — L to cup converter"
description: "1 liter = 4.226753 US cups. Convert liters to US cups with a full conversion table, the exact formula, and a calculator for any value."
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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.

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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/)