Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to cups is 4.2267528198649, which means that 1 liter is equal to 4.2267528198649 cups:

1 L = 4.2267528198649 cup

To convert 1 liter into cups we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 4.2267528198649 cup

1 L → V_(cup)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cups:

V_(cup) = 1 L × 4.2267528198649 cup

V_(cup) = 4.2267528198649 cup

The final result is:

1 L → 4.2267528198649 cup

We conclude that 1 liter is equivalent to 4.2267528198649 cups:

1 liter = 4.2267528198649 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.2365882375 × 1 liter.

Another way is saying that 1 liter is equal to 1 ÷ 0.2365882375 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one liter is approximately four point two two seven cups:

1 L ≅ 4.227 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero point two three seven times one liter.

Conversion table

liters to cups chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from liters to cups