Liters to US Cups Converter
1 liter ≈ 4.22675284 US cups
US recipes may also use the "legal" cup of exactly 240 mL used on nutrition labels.
1 liter equals 4.22675 US cups
How to convert liters to US cups
Choose the named US, Imperial or metric unit before converting a recipe or container size. A US liquid gallon is 3.785411784 L; an Imperial gallon is 4.54609 L. Volume alone cannot give ingredient mass without density.
cup = L × 4.226752838One liter is 4.226752838 US cups, so a single multiplication converts any value.
42.2675 cup ≈ 10 × 4.226752838US recipes may also use the "legal" cup of exactly 240 mL used on nutrition labels.
Liters to US cups conversion table
Common values in liters, converted to US cups.
| Liters (L) | US cups (cup) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4.2267528 |
| 2 | 8.4535057 |
| 3 | 12.680259 |
| 4 | 16.907011 |
| 5 | 21.133764 |
| 10 | 42.267528 |
| 20 | 84.535057 |
| 25 | 105.66882 |
| 50 | 211.33764 |
| 100 | 422.67528 |
| 250 | 1,056.6882 |
| 500 | 2,113.3764 |
| 1,000 | 4,226.7528 |
About these units
literL
Exactly one cubic decimetre, or 1,000 cm³. The everyday metric volume unit.
Reference: BIPM, non-SI units accepted for use with the SI.
US cupcup
The US customary cup: 8 US fluid ounces, about 236.6 mL.
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.