Liter to Cup (US) (L to US cup)
Result
4.226752838 Cup (US)
Formula
US cup = L × 4.226752838
1 L = 4.226752838 US cup, and 1 US cup = 0.2365882365 L.
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 L × 4.226752838 = 4.2267528 US cup
- 10 L × 4.226752838 = 42.267528 US cup
- 100 L × 4.226752838 = 422.67528 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.
Liter to Cup (US) table
| Liter (L) | Cup (US) (US cup) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4.2267528 |
| 2 | 8.4535057 |
| 5 | 21.133764 |
| 10 | 42.267528 |
| 20 | 84.535057 |
| 50 | 211.33764 |
| 100 | 422.67528 |
| 1,000 | 4,226.7528 |
The units
- Liter (L)
- Exactly one cubic decimetre (0.001 m³).
- 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
Last reviewed against these sources. An automated check recomputes every factor from its definition on each build. How we check accuracy