Convert cups to liters
liters = cups × 0.236588
One cup is 0.236588 liters, so multiply by 0.236588 to convert. Going the other way, one liter is 4.2268 cups. This is the US customary cup of 236.588 mL. Nutrition labels use a 240 mL cup and metric recipes a 250 mL one; the difference is under 6%, which matters for baking and not much else.
Convert any value
- Milliliters
- 236.588237 mL
- Cubic meters
- 0.000237 m³
- Teaspoons (US)
- 48 tsp
- Tablespoons (US)
- 16 tbsp
- Fluid ounces (US)
- 8 fl oz
- Cups (US)
- 1 cup
- Pints (US)
- 0.5 pt
- Quarts (US)
- 0.25 qt
- Gallons (US)
- 0.0625 gal
- Cubic inches
- 14.4375 in³
- Cubic feet
- 0.008355 ft³
- Cubic yards
- 0.000309 yd³
Assumptions
- US customary units (customary cup of 236.59 mL, US gallon of 3.785 L).
- Imperial units are shown in the table only.
| Measure | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 teaspoon | 4.93 mL (metric tsp: 5 mL) |
| 1 tablespoon | 3 tsp = 14.79 mL = ½ fl oz |
| 1 fluid ounce | 2 tbsp = 29.57 mL |
| 1 cup | 8 fl oz = 16 tbsp = 236.59 mL (legal 'nutrition' cup: 240 mL) |
| 1 pint | 2 cups = 16 fl oz = 473.18 mL |
| 1 quart | 2 pints = 4 cups = 946.35 mL |
| 1 gallon | 4 quarts = 16 cups = 128 fl oz = 3.785 L |
| 1 liter | 4.227 cups = 33.81 fl oz = 1.0567 qt |
| Unit | US (mL) | Imperial (mL) |
|---|---|---|
| Fluid ounce | 29.57 | 28.41 |
| Cup | 236.59 | 284.13 |
| Pint | 473.18 | 568.26 |
| Quart | 946.35 | 1,136.52 |
| Gallon | 3,785.41 | 4,546.09 |
An imperial pint is 20 imperial fl oz; a US pint is 16 US fl oz. This converter uses US units.
cups to liters table
| cups | liters |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 0.236588 liters |
| 2 cups | 0.473176 liters |
| 3 cups | 0.709765 liters |
| 4 cups | 0.946353 liters |
| 5 cups | 1.1829 liters |
| 10 cups | 2.3659 liters |
| 15 cups | 3.5488 liters |
| 20 cups | 4.7318 liters |
| 25 cups | 5.9147 liters |
| 50 cups | 11.8294 liters |
| 75 cups | 17.7441 liters |
| 100 cups | 23.6588 liters |
| 500 cups | 118.2941 liters |
| 1,000 cups | 236.5882 liters |
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