Convert liters to cups
1 l = 4.22675 cup (US) · 1 cup (US) = 0.236588 l · Exact by definition
1 l = 4.22675 cup (US)
The same value in other units
- millilitre
- 1000 ml
- cubic metre
- 0.001 m³
- US fluid ounce
- 33.814 fl oz (US)
- US gallon
- 0.264172 gal (US)
- imperial gallon
- 0.219969 gal (UK)
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Volume
liters to cups: conversion table
| litre | US cup |
|---|---|
| 1 l | 4.22675 cup (US) |
| 2 l | 8.45351 cup (US) |
| 3 l | 12.6803 cup (US) |
| 5 l | 21.1338 cup (US) |
| 10 l | 42.2675 cup (US) |
| 20 l | 84.5351 cup (US) |
| 25 l | 105.669 cup (US) |
| 50 l | 211.338 cup (US) |
| 100 l | 422.675 cup (US) |
| 250 l | 1056.69 cup (US) |
| 500 l | 2113.38 cup (US) |
| 1000 l | 4226.75 cup (US) |
| US cup | litre |
|---|---|
| 1 cup (US) | 0.236588 l |
| 2 cup (US) | 0.473176 l |
| 3 cup (US) | 0.709765 l |
| 5 cup (US) | 1.18294 l |
| 10 cup (US) | 2.36588 l |
| 20 cup (US) | 4.73176 l |
| 25 cup (US) | 5.91471 l |
| 50 cup (US) | 11.8294 l |
| 100 cup (US) | 23.6588 l |
| 250 cup (US) | 59.1471 l |
| 500 cup (US) | 118.294 l |
| 1000 cup (US) | 236.588 l |
How the conversion works
cup (US) = l × 4.2267528
Both units are defined exactly, so the precision of the liters to cups result depends only on the number of decimal places you choose.
METHOD AND SOURCES
Where the conversion factors come from
Results are calculated from the unit definitions stored in the converter, not copied from a lookup table. For exact units, every value in the table follows from the same factor shown in the formula above.
- BIPM — SI Brochure
The official definitions of the International System of Units (SI).
- NIST SP 811 — Conversion factors
Conversion-factor tables for SI and non-SI units.
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