Convert liters to cups
cups = liters × 4.2268
One liter is 4.2268 cups, so multiply by 4.2268 to convert. Going the other way, one cup is 0.236588 liters. 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
- 1,000 mL
- Cubic meters
- 0.001 m³
- Teaspoons (US)
- 202.884136 tsp
- Tablespoons (US)
- 67.628045 tbsp
- Fluid ounces (US)
- 33.814023 fl oz
- Cups (US)
- 4.226753 cup
- Pints (US)
- 2.113376 pt
- Quarts (US)
- 1.056688 qt
- Gallons (US)
- 0.264172 gal
- Cubic inches
- 61.023744 in³
- Cubic feet
- 0.035315 ft³
- Cubic yards
- 0.001308 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.
liters to cups table
| liters | cups |
|---|---|
| 1 liter | 4.2268 cups |
| 2 liters | 8.4535 cups |
| 3 liters | 12.6803 cups |
| 4 liters | 16.907 cups |
| 5 liters | 21.1338 cups |
| 10 liters | 42.2675 cups |
| 15 liters | 63.4013 cups |
| 20 liters | 84.5351 cups |
| 25 liters | 105.6688 cups |
| 50 liters | 211.3376 cups |
| 75 liters | 317.0065 cups |
| 100 liters | 422.6753 cups |
| 500 liters | 2,113.38 cups |
| 1,000 liters | 4,226.75 cups |
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