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ml to cups converter

Convert millilitres to cups and back — US customary, US legal, or metric cup. A pure volume conversion, independent of ingredient.

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Cup size only affects conversions involving cups.
Result
Millilitres240ml
Cups1
Tablespoons16.23
Teaspoons48.7
Fluid ounces8.12
These are volume conversions — they don't depend on the ingredient. For weight (grams), the ingredient matters; use a cups-to-grams tool instead.

Millilitres and cups

A cup is a unit of volume, so converting to millilitres doesn't depend on what's in it. The catch is which cup: a US customary cup is 240 ml, but a metric cup (used in the UK, Australia and much of the world) is 250 ml. Pick the right standard above.

UnitIn millilitres
1 cup (US)240 ml
1 cup (metric)250 ml
1 tablespoon14.79 ml
1 teaspoon4.93 ml
1 fluid ounce (US)29.57 ml
How many ml in a cup?
A US customary cup is 240 ml; a metric cup is 250 ml; a US legal cup (used on nutrition labels) is about 236.6 ml.
Is a US cup the same as a metric cup?
No. A US customary cup is 240 ml and a metric cup is 250 ml, so a metric cup holds about 4% more.
Does the ingredient matter?
Not for ml-to-cups — that's pure volume. It only matters when converting to grams, which depends on density.

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