Cups to Litres
1 cup = 0.24 litres
With a 240 ml cup, converting cups to litres means multiplying by 0.24, so about 4.17 cups make a litre. This is most useful for scaling up soups, stocks and drinks to batch sizes, where litres are the natural unit. Because the relationship isn't a round number, large-batch cooking is far more accurate weighed or measured in a litre jug than counted out in cups.
Cups to Litres table
| Cups | Litres |
|---|---|
| 0.25 cups | 0.06 litres |
| 0.5 cups | 0.12 litres |
| 1 cup | 0.24 litres |
| 2 cups | 0.48 litres |
| 3 cups | 0.72 litres |
| 4 cups | 0.96 litres |
| 5 cups | 1.2 litres |
| 6 cups | 1.44 litres |
| 8 cups | 1.92 litres |
| 10 cups | 2.4 litres |
| 12 cups | 2.88 litres |
| 14 cups | 3.36 litres |
| 16 cups | 3.84 litres |
| 18 cups | 4.32 litres |
| 20 cups | 4.8 litres |
| 24 cups | 5.76 litres |
| 32 cups | 7.68 litres |
How to convert cups to litres
To convert cups to litres, multiply by 0.24. This is a volume conversion, so it applies to any liquid or dry ingredient measured by volume, water, oil, milk, flour, and more.
Common conversions: 2 cups = 0.48 litres · 4 cups = 0.96 litres · 8 cups = 1.92 litres · 16 cups = 3.84 litres.
Tip: For big batches, switch to a litre measuring jug or a scale rather than filling a cup many times — the small error in each cup multiplies as you go.
For ingredient-specific weight conversions (like cups to grams of flour or rice), see our ingredient converters.
Cups to Litres: frequently asked
How many cups in a litre?
About 4.17 cups make a litre with a 240 ml cup (or exactly 4 with a 250 ml Australian cup).