Gallon (US) to Cup (US) (US gal to US cup)
Result
16 Cup (US)
Formula
US cup = US gal × 16
1 US gal = 16 US cup, and 1 US cup = 0.0625 US gal.
The litre is exactly 1 dm³ (0.001 m³). The US gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches, which makes it exactly 3.785411784 L; quarts, pints, cups and fluid ounces are fixed fractions of it.
Worked examples
- 1 US gal × 16 = 16 US cup
- 10 US gal × 16 = 160 US cup
- 100 US gal × 16 = 1,600 US cup
Common mistakes
- US and UK (imperial) measures share names but not sizes: the imperial gallon is 4.54609 L (20% larger), the imperial pint 568 mL and the imperial fluid ounce 28.41 mL.
- This converter uses US customary volumes. A US cup is 236.59 mL, a metric cup 250 mL, and US nutrition labels round a cup to 240 mL.
- US dry measures (dry pint, bushel) are a separate system and are not the same as liquid pints.
Gallon (US) to Cup (US) table
| Gallon (US) (US gal) | Cup (US) (US cup) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 5 | 80 |
| 10 | 160 |
| 20 | 320 |
| 50 | 800 |
| 100 | 1,600 |
| 1,000 | 16,000 |
The units
- Gallon (US) (US gal)
- The US liquid gallon: 231 cubic inches, exactly 3.785411784 L.
- Cup (US) (US cup)
- 1 Cup (US) = 0.000236588237 Cubic Meter.
Sources for these factors
- Handbook 44 (2024), Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurement — NIST
- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811), Appendix B: conversion factors — NIST
- 21 CFR 101.9 (nutrition labeling: household measure equivalents) — U.S. FDA / eCFR
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