Convert Milliliters to US cups
1 milliliter is 0.004227 cup. One milliliter is exactly 0.00422675283773 US cups.
One milliliter is 0.0042267528 US cups. To convert milliliters to US cups, multiply by 0.0042267528; to go the other way, divide by 0.0042267528 or multiply by 236.58824. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 130. One thousandth of a liter, and exactly one cubic centimeter.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Milliliters × 0.0042267528
1 * 0.00422680.004 cup
1 milliliter in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 0.2028841362 tsp | × 0.202884136211 |
| US tablespoons | 0.0676280454 tbsp | × 0.0676280454037 |
| US fluid ounces | 0.0338140227 fl oz | × 0.0338140227018 |
| US cups | 0.004226752838 cup | × 0.00422675283773 |
| US pints | 0.002113376419 pt | × 0.00211337641887 |
| US quarts | 0.001056688209 qt | × 0.00105668820943 |
| US gallons | 0.0002641720524 gal | × 0.000264172052358 |
| milliliters (as entered) | 1 ml | — |
| liters | 0.001 L | × 0.001 |
| imperial gallons | 0.0002199692483 gal (UK) | × 0.000219969248299 |
| imperial quarts | 0.0008798769932 qt (UK) | × 0.000879876993196 |
| imperial pints | 0.001759753986 pt (UK) | × 0.00175975398639 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 0.03519507973 fl oz (UK) | × 0.0351950797279 |
| imperial gills | 0.007039015946 gi (UK) | × 0.00703901594557 |
| cubic millimetres | 1,000 mm³ | × 1,000 |
| cubic centimetres | 1 cm³ | × 1 |
| cubic inches | 0.06102374409 in³ | × 0.0610237440947 |
| cubic feet | 0.00003531466672 ft³ | × 0.0000353146667215 |
| cubic yards | 0.000001307950619 yd³ | × 0.00000130795061931 |
| cubic metres | 0.000001 m³ | × 0.000001 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 130 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: millilitres to US cups is the British spelling of the same units — the metre and the litre are spelled that way outside the United States and the quantity does not change.
How do you convert milliliters to US cups? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in milliliters.
- 2.Multiply by 0.0042267528 — that is how many US cups fit in one milliliter.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.0042267528, or multiply by 236.58824.
Worked example: 25 milliliters to US cups
- Formula
- ml × 0.0042267528 = cup
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.0042267528 = 0.11 cup
- Answer
- 25 ml = 0.11 cup
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Milliliters to US cups conversion table
| Milliliters | US cups |
|---|---|
| 1 ml | 0.004227 cup |
| 2 ml | 0.01 cup |
| 3 ml | 0.01 cup |
| 4 ml | 0.02 cup |
| 5 ml | 0.02 cup |
| 6 ml | 0.03 cup |
| 7 ml | 0.03 cup |
| 8 ml | 0.03 cup |
| 9 ml | 0.04 cup |
| 10 ml | 0.04 cup |
| 12 ml | 0.05 cup |
| 15 ml | 0.06 cup |
| 20 ml | 0.08 cup |
| 25 ml | 0.11 cup |
| 50 ml | 0.21 cup |
| 100 ml | 0.42 cup |
| 200 ml | 0.85 cup |
| 300 ml | 1.27 cup |
| 500 ml | 2.11 cup |
| 1000 ml | 4.23 cup |
| 2000 ml | 8.45 cup |
| 5000 ml | 21.13 cup |
| 10000 ml | 42.27 cup |
Three cups are in circulation
The US customary cup is 236.588 ml, the US legal cup used on nutrition labels is exactly 240 ml, and the metric cup used in Australia and much of Europe is 250 ml. This page uses the US customary cup. Across a recipe the six per cent between the extremes is the difference between a cake and a brick, which is why baking recipes that travel are written by weight.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is a milliliter?
One thousandth of a liter, and exactly one cubic centimeter.
What is a US cup?
Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
How many US cups are in a milliliter?
One milliliter is 0.0042267528 US cups. Going the other way, one US cup is 236.58824 milliliters. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every volume unit here
The whole group — 20 units with their symbols and the size of each one in liters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a milliliter.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US cups are in a milliliter?
- 0.0042267528. Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
- How do I convert US cups back to milliliters?
- Divide by 0.0042267528, or multiply by 236.58824 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
US cups to milliliters — the same conversion the other way.