Convert one liter to cups (US)

Explanation

To convert one liter to cups (US) all we need is to know the conversion factor and we are done. Luckily, we can compute that factor using the units' definitions below.

The result is that there are approximately 4.2268 cups (US) in 1 liter.

Formula

1 l ≈ 4.2268 cup

litersl

dimension	volume
symbol	l

The liter (l) is a unit of volume.

The liter is a metric unit, although not part of the International System of Units it is accepted for use alongside SI units (the cubic meter being the SI unit of volume).

Definition of the liter

One liter is equal to 1 cubic decimeter.

The International System of Units 9^th edition p. 145

Equivalences

One liter is also equivalent to:

Some Facts

In medicine, the amount of blood of a patient is estimated with a simple formula, 70 ml times the body weight in kilograms. For an average male adult of 75 kg this gives us 5.25 liters of blood. Thus, you would need roughly 715 000 people to fill up an entire olympic swimming pool with blood.

Metric volume units

microliter	µl	0.000 001
milliliter	ml	0.001
centiliter	cl	0.01
deciliter	dl	0.1
liter	l	1
dekaliter	dal	10
hectoliter	hl	100
kiloliter	kl	1 000
megaliter	Ml	1 000 000
gigaliter	Gl	1 000 000 000
teraliter	Tl	1 000 000 000 000

cups (US)cup

dimension	volume
system	U.S. customary units (USCS)
symbol	cup

The cup (cup) is a unit of volume in the U.S. customary units.

Definition of the cup

One cup is 8 US fluid ounces.

NIST Handbook 44 Specifications: Appendix C

Value in terms of the SI

One cup is equivalent to 236.5882365 cubic centimeters.

Equivalences

One cup is also equivalent to:

Some Facts

The cup is extensively used in cooking recipe in the US, even for ingredients that are supposed to be solid like butter. I'm not sure whether it is genius or preposterous.

Other culinary units

teaspoon	tsp
tablespoon	Tbsp	3 teaspoons
fluid ounce	fl oz	2 tablespoons
shot	jig	3 tablespoons
cup	cup	16 tablespoons

US Culinary Units

The US culinary units are mainly used in recipes but also can be found on nutrition labels and even in pharmaceutic medical prescriptions (especially the teaspoon).

When on nutrition labels, the units have their value in milliliters rounded. In that case a teaspoon means 5 milliliters (mL), a tablespoon means 15 mL, a cup means 240 mL.^[source]