US cups to litres
Multiply US cups by 0.236588 to get litres.
5 cup = 1.1829 L
How to convert US cups to litres
The litre is a cubic decimetre (0.001 m³), the SI-accepted metric unit of volume. The US cup is a US customary cup, one sixteenth of a gallon (236.5882365 millilitres).
Worked example — 5 cup: 5 × 0.236588 = 1.1829 L.
US cups to litres table
| US cups | Litres |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 0.236588 L |
| 2 cup | 0.473176 L |
| 3 cup | 0.709765 L |
| 4 cup | 0.946353 L |
| 5 cup | 1.1829 L |
| 6 cup | 1.4195 L |
| 8 cup | 1.8927 L |
| 10 cup | 2.3659 L |
| 16 cup | 3.7854 L |
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About US cups and litres
US cup (cup)
1 cup = 0.236588 LDefinition. A US customary cup, one sixteenth of a gallon (236.5882365 millilitres)
History and origin
The US customary cup was standardised as a cooking measure at one sixteenth of a gallon, about 237 millilitres. It became popular through American recipe books in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Current use
The cup is the dominant volume measure in US home cooking and baking; metric recipes usually give millilitres or grams instead.
Source: NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C §2 (U.S. Customary Units) and §5 (Tables of Equivalents)
Litre (L)
1 L = 4.2268 cupDefinition. A cubic decimetre (0.001 m³), the SI-accepted metric unit of volume
History and origin
The litre was introduced in France in 1795 as a unit of volume, defined as one cubic decimetre. It is not an SI base unit but is accepted for use with the SI.
Current use
Litres measure drinks and bottles, fuel and engine sizes across the metric world, and appear on beverage containers almost everywhere.
Source: BIPM SI Brochure (2019); the litre is an SI-accepted unit (1 L = 1 dm³)
Where people use this
US cups: recipes, baking. Litres: drinks and bottles, fuel, engine sizes. 4 US cups is about 0.95 L.
Every value is carried to full double precision; the display is rounded.
Sources: BIPM SI Brochure (2019); the litre is an SI-accepted unit (1 L = 1 dm³); NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C §2 (U.S. Customary Units) and §5 (Tables of Equivalents).
Questions people ask
How many litres is 4 cups?
4 US cups is about 0.95 litres.
How many cups in a litre?
One litre is about 4.23 US cups.
How many litres is 2 cups?
2 US cups is about 0.47 litres.