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How many cups in a liter?

1 liter = 4.2268 cups

There are 4.23 cups in a liter.

How to work it out

1 × 4.22675 = 4.2268

Formula: cups = L × 4.22675

Other ways to write it

Rounded
4.2 cups
In milliliters
1,000 ml
In gallons
0.2642 gal
In quarts
1.0567 qt
In pints
2.1134 pt
In fluid ounces
33.814 fl oz
In tablespoons
67.628 tbsp
In teaspoons
202.88 tsp

This uses the US customary cup of 236.6 ml. A metric cup (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) is 250 ml.

Liters to cups

1/4 liter 1.0567 cups
1/3 liter 1.4089 cups
1/2 liter 2.1134 cups
2/3 liter 2.8178 cups
3/4 liter 3.1701 cups
1 liter 4.2268 cups
1 1/2 liters 6.3401 cups
2 liters 8.4535 cups
3 liters 12.68 cups
4 liters 16.907 cups
5 liters 21.134 cups
10 liters 42.268 cups

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How many cups in a liter?

There are 4.23 cups in a liter. Multiply by 4.2268: there are 4.2268 cups in one liter.

Are these US or UK measurements?

They are US customary measures: a US cup is 236.6 ml, a US fluid ounce 29.57 ml and a US gallon 3.785 liters. A UK (imperial) pint is 568 ml and a UK gallon 4.546 liters.

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