US Cups to Liters Converter

To convert a measurement in us cups to liters, multiply the value by 0.2365882365. The conversion factor comes from the relationship between both units and the liter.

For example, to convert 5 cup to liters: 5 × 0.2365882365 = 1.182941 L.

A US cup is a US customary cooking measure equal to 8 fluid ounces or about 236.6 milliliters. The US legal cup used on nutrition labels is 240 mL, while the customary cooking cup is about 236.6 mL. The cup became the backbone of American home-cooking recipes, unlike the weight-based approach common elsewhere.

Common uses of us cups include: US recipe ingredient measurements; Coffee maker and kettle capacity; Serving sizes on US nutrition labels; Baking and portioning at home.

A liter is a metric unit of volume equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters or one cubic decimeter, about 0.264 US gallons. Introduced in France in 1795, the liter was originally defined as the volume of one kilogram of water. It is accepted for use with the SI and is the everyday unit of volume for liquids across most of the world.

Common uses of liters include: Beverage and bottle sizes; Fuel sold at the pump in most countries; Engine displacement (e.g. a 2.0 L engine); Cooking and liquid recipe quantities.

Here are some common values converted:

1 cup = 0.2365882365 L 5 cup = 1.182941 L 10 cup = 2.365882 L 50 cup = 11.829412 L 100 cup = 23.658824 L