🥤 Cups → Gallons Converter
Scale recipes or beverage batches from cups to gallons.
Great for caterers, brewers, and home cooks scaling up production.
32 cups equals
2 gal
Quarts: 8 qt
Liters: 7.5708 L
How to Use This Calculator
Enter cups
Type the volume from your recipe or drink mix.
Review gallons
The converter divides by 16 to provide gallons (since 16 cups = 1 gallon).
Use quarts or liters
Additional units help when batching for different container sizes.
Formula
1 gallon = 16 cups
Gallons = Cups ÷ 16
Quarts = Cups ÷ 4
Liters ≈ Cups × 0.2365882365
Use the formula breakdown to confirm the calculation logic or perform the conversion manually if needed.
Full Description
Recipes and drink mixes often list ingredients in cups, but large batches require gallons or quarts. This converter streamlines the math so you can scale without mistakes.
It relies on U.S. customary cup and gallon definitions; adjust for imperial units if needed. The liter value helps coordinate with metric equipment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it use U.S. cups?
Yes. One U.S. cup equals 236.588 mL. For metric cups (250 mL), adjust the input or use a metric-specific converter.
Can I convert gallons back to cups?
Multiply gallons by 16, or use the general volume converter for multi-directional conversions.
What about pint or ounce conversions?
Try the cups to pints and cups to ounces pages in this toolkit for those equivalents.
Does it handle fractional cups?
Yes. Enter decimal cups (e.g., 2.5) and the results will reflect the exact conversions.