How do I convert kg to liters?
Type a value in either box and pick the ingredient, and the answer shows it in the other unit as you type.
- Liters (L)
- 1.000025
1 kg = 1.000025 L (Water at 4 °C, 0.999975 kg per L).
Liters (L): 1.000025. 1 kg = 1.000025 L (Water at 4 °C, 0.999975 kg per L).
Liters (L) by kilograms (kg)
How to calculate
Converts kilograms to liters and back for water, milk, flour, sugar, and other ingredients, from what each one weighs per liter.
Example with the default inputs (Kilograms (kg) 1, Ingredient Water at 4 °C, 0.999975 kg per L): 1 kg = 1.000025 L (Water at 4 °C, 0.999975 kg per L).
Formula: liters = kg ÷ 0.999975, where kilograms per liter depends on the ingredient (water at 4 °C: 0.999975 kg)
- Grams per cup are USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) portion weights for one level US cup (8 US fluid ounces): all-purpose flour 125 g (FDC 168894), granulated sugar 200 g (FDC 169655), brown sugar, packed 220 g (FDC 168833), powdered sugar, unsifted 120 g (FDC 169656), whole milk 244 g (FDC 171265), butter 227 g (FDC 173410), olive oil 216 g (FDC 171413), honey 339 g (FDC 169640), white rice, uncooked 185 g (FDC 169756).
- Water is pure water: 0.999975 kg per liter at 4 °C and 0.998207 kg per liter at 20 °C, from the Tanaka et al. (2001) density formula.
- Other ingredients use their USDA cup weight: kilograms per liter = grams per cup ÷ 236.5882365.
- The answer shows at most 6 decimal places; the calculation keeps full precision.
Worked examples
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- Kilograms (kg) 1, Ingredient Water at 4 °C, 0.999975 kg per L gives Liters (L) 1.000025.Source: Density of pure water from Tanaka et al. (2001), Metrologia 38, 301: 999.9749 kg/m³ at 4 °C, 998.2067 kg/m³ at 20 °C, as 0.999975 kg per liter
- Kilograms (kg) 1, Ingredient Honey, 1.43287 kg per L gives Liters (L) 0.6979.Source: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy 169640: 1 cup = 339 g
Other questions people ask
How many liters are in a kilogram?
It depends on the ingredient, because a weight does not fix the volume. 1 kg is about, in liters: all-purpose flour 1.893; granulated sugar 1.183; brown sugar, packed 1.075; powdered sugar, unsifted 1.972; water at 4 °C 1; water at 20 °C 1.002; whole milk 0.9696; butter 1.042; olive oil 1.095; honey 0.6979; white rice, uncooked 1.279.
How do I convert kg to liters?
liters = kg ÷ 0.999975, where kilograms per liter depends on the ingredient (water at 4 °C: 0.999975 kg). For example, 1 kg of water at 4 °C is 1.000025 liters.
Does a liter of water weigh 1 kg?
Almost. Pure water weighs 0.999975 kg per liter at 4 °C, where it is densest, and 0.998207 kg per liter at 20 °C (Tanaka et al. 2001). Other liquids differ more: a liter of whole milk weighs about 1.03 kg and a liter of olive oil about 0.91 kg (USDA).