1 cup (us) = 236.58824 mL
1 cup = 236.588 mL · type math like (12*4)+6.5
Cups to milliliters is the classic baking conversion. American recipes measure flour, sugar and liquids by the cup, while kitchens elsewhere use measuring jugs marked in milliliters, so anyone cooking from a US blog needs it.
Common baking amounts convert as follows: ¼ cup is 59.1 ml, ⅓ cup is 78.9 ml, ½ cup is 118.3 ml, ⅔ cup is 157.7 ml and ¾ cup is 177.4 ml. Measuring jugs outside the US are often marked every 25 or 50 ml, so many cooks round ⅓ cup to 80 ml and ¾ cup to 175 ml.
For dry ingredients, volume is less reliable. One US cup of granulated sugar weighs about 200 g, brown sugar packed about 220 g, and all-purpose flour 120–130 g depending on how it is scooped. If a US recipe is critical, convert to grams with a scale.
Butter is usually measured in sticks in the US. One stick is ½ cup, which is 118.3 ml or about 113 g by weight.
Rice cookers come with their own cup, which is usually 180 ml, not the US cup. If a recipe calls for 2 rice cups, that is 360 ml, while 2 US cups are 473 ml. Mixing them up changes the water ratio.
Coffee makers often use a 'cup' of only 5 or 6 fl oz, which is 148–177 ml, not the 8 fl oz US cup. A 12-cup coffee maker therefore holds about 1.8 L, not 2.8 L.
Smoothie recipes in the US often use 1 cup of milk or juice, which is 236.6 ml.
Pancake recipes calling for 1¼ cups of milk need 295.7 ml.
A quick check: one US cup is just under 240 ml, so 3 cups should come out close to 710 ml (709.8 exactly). If your result is exactly 750 ml, you used the 250 ml metric cup instead. If the answer is smaller than the cup figure, the direction is wrong. For liquids, a measuring jug marked in 25 ml steps is accurate enough for almost every recipe.
mL = cup × 236.5882365
Reverse: 1 mL = 0.0042267528 cup.
Convert 2½ US cups to milliliters.
Answer: 2½ cups = 591.5 ml.
| cup | mL |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 59.147059 mL |
| ½ cup | 118.29412 mL |
| ¾ cup | 177.44118 mL |
| 1 cup | 236.58824 mL |
| 2 cup | 473.17647 mL |
| 3 cup | 709.76471 mL |
| 4 cup | 946.35295 mL |
| 5 cup | 1 182.9412 mL |
| 6 cup | 1 419.5294 mL |
| 7 cup | 1 656.1177 mL |
| 8 cup | 1 892.7059 mL |
| 9 cup | 2 129.2941 mL |
| 10 cup | 2 365.8824 mL |
| 11 cup | 2 602.4706 mL |
| 12 cup | 2 839.0588 mL |
| 13 cup | 3 075.6471 mL |
| cup | mL |
|---|---|
| 14 cup | 3 312.2353 mL |
| 15 cup | 3 548.8235 mL |
| 16 cup | 3 785.4118 mL |
| 17 cup | 4 022 mL |
| 18 cup | 4 258.5883 mL |
| 19 cup | 4 495.1765 mL |
| 20 cup | 4 731.7647 mL |
| 25 cup | 5 914.7059 mL |
| 30 cup | 7 097.6471 mL |
| 40 cup | 9 463.5295 mL |
| 50 cup | 11 829.412 mL |
| 75 cup | 17 744.118 mL |
| 100 cup | 23 658.824 mL |
| 250 cup | 59 147.059 mL |
| 500 cup | 118 294.12 mL |
| 1 000 cup | 236 588.24 mL |
1.5 cups of milk is 354.9 ml.
½ cup is 118.3 ml.
4 cups of stock is 946.4 ml, almost a liter.
Australian, Canadian and UK metric cups are 250 ml; the US cup is 236.6 ml. Across 4 cups that is a 54 ml difference.
1 cup of flour weighs about 120–130 g depending on how it is scooped. For baking accuracy, weigh it.
Mugs hold 300–350 ml. A recipe cup is a specific measure.
The US customary cup used in this converter is half a US pint: 8 US fluid ounces, or 236.5882365 ml. US nutrition labels use a slightly rounder legal cup of 240 ml.
Origin. Cup measures spread through American cookbooks in the late 1800s, popularised by Fannie Farmer's 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book with its level-measure method.
Used today. US recipes and measuring cup sets.
A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter, exactly one cubic centimeter (cm³).
Origin. Metric unit since 1795.
Used today. Measuring jugs, bottles and most recipes outside the US.
In Australia and Canada's metric recipes, yes. The US customary cup is 236.6 ml.
177.4 ml.
78.9 ml.
FDA nutrition labels define a cup as exactly 240 ml for serving sizes.