There are 101.44 US ounces in 3 liters of liquid, and 105.59 ounces in 3 liters according to UK imperial ounces.
The ounces referred to above are fluid ounces (abbreviated as ‘fl oz’) which are used to measure the weight of liquids in ounces.
A liter to a fluid ounce is a volume-mass conversion where a liter is measured based on volume and a fluid ounce is measured on a scale making their conversion a little uncomfortable
This is why the ounces in a liter or the weight of a liter of liquid is not a nice rounded number but is a little awkward with decimal points or fractions that complete it.
The internet has a significant amount of recipes that use both types of measurements hence, you will often find yourself googling for different types of conversions but mainly between the two popular meaurements of metric and imperial systems
After reading this post, it should be clear to you how to convert liters to ounces and all the little things that come with it. Let us begin;
What is an ounce?
An ounce (abbreviated as oz) is part of the old British imperial system of measurement that measures in ounces, pounds, quarts, pints, etc. which is still used in America even though most of the world has moved on to the use of metric measurements.
The ounce is a weight measurement meaning, it is determined based on a weighing scale and not the volume or space it occupies in a corner.
There are two types of ounces. The ounce also called the dry ounce is used to measure the mass of non-liquid items and the fluid ounce (abbreviated as fl oz) is used to measure the weight of liquids.
This is why the correct question should be ‘how many fluid ounces in a liter’ and not how many ounces in a liter. The categories of ounces are:
- The US customary ounce contains 33.82 fl. oz in a liter
- The US food label ounce used for food labeling has 33.33 fluid ounces in a liter
- The UK imperial Ounce has 35.19 fluid ounces in a liter
The variations and inconsistency of the ounce measurement was one of the main reason why the Uk and many other countries adopted the metric system of measurement which is uniform and consistent everywhere
There are 28.35 grams in an ounce and is 1/16th of a pint. It is a rather small measurement. The bigger imperial measurement is the pounds which contain 16 dry ounces.
Oh yes. There is the UK pint which is funny because Britain has abandoned imperial measurements but it sometimes measures some items in UK pints. The UK pint is bigger than the American pint as it contains 20 ounces and not 16 ounces
what is a liter?
A liter also spelled ‘litre’ is a metric measurement that was introduced to the world by France in 1975. In the 1900s, it was standardized to be the volume of one kilogram of water.
As a volume measurement, the liter is measured by the size of the container it occupies. It is equal to 1000 ml and 100 cubic cm
how to convert liters to ounces
When you love trying new recipes from the internet, you are almost guaranteed going to come across a recipe that is not using the familiar measurements you are used to. It happens to all of us.
This is why I advise that as part of the preparation time before you start making the recipe, make sure all necessary conversions are done and understood.
This will help reduce the probability of making a mistake or wasting time in conversion in the middle of a recipe
Let me show you a simple practical method to convert any number of liters into fluid ounces. The formula is;
No. of ounces = liters x No. of ounces in a liter
For example, we want to convert 1 liter and 2 Liters into US ounces
This will be:
For 1 liter:
No. of ounces = 1 liter x 33.8 oz
= 33.8 oz in 1 liter
For 2 liters:
No. of ounces = 2 x 33.8 oz
=67.6 oz in 2 liters
You can see how easy it is to convert liters to ounces just using a simple multiplication that you can do in seconds
Liters to ounces conversion table
For quick liters to ounces conversion in the kitchen, here is a simple table that will save you time when cooking. The numbers are rounded to 2 decimal places;
| Liters (L) | US Ounces (oz) |
|---|---|
| 0.5 L | 16.91 oz |
| 1 L | 33.82 oz |
| 2 L | 67.64 oz |
| 3 L | 101.4 oz |
| 4 L | 135.28 oz |
| 5 L | 169.1 oz |
| 6 L | 202.92 oz |
| 7 L | 236.74 oz |
| 8 L | 270.56 oz |
| 9 L | 304.38 oz |
| 10 L | 338.2 oz |
FAQs on liters to ounces conversion
How many ounces in 3 liters of soda
3 L of Pepsi = 3 x 33.83 = 101 ounces approximately in 3 liters of soda
how many ounces in 3 liters of water
There are 101 US ounces in 3 liters of water
How many oz in 3 liters of liquid
There are approximately 101 oz in 3 liters of liquid
How much is 3 liters of water in ounces?
There are 101.4 ounces in 3 liters of water
How much is 3 liters of water in bottles
The number of bottles depends on the volume of the bottles. If each bottle has a volume of 500ml, then there are 6 water bottles in 3 liters and if the bottles contain 1 liter each, then there are 3 water bottles in 3 liters
Conclusion
To reiterate, there are roughly 101 US fluid ounces in 3 liters of liquid.
Liquid-liquid conversions don’t differ much because they are more constant than dry ingredients which are affected by density and compaction when converting to another measurement. e.g 1 L of milk = 34 ounces, 1 L of oil =43 oz while 1 cup of flour = 4.2 oz and 1 cup of cocoa powder = 3.5 oz
Thank you for reading until the end.
Have a nice day.
