1 milliliter = 0.0042267528 cup
1 mL = 0.00422675 cup · type math like (12*4)+6.5
Milliliters to cups helps Americans follow metric recipes from Europe, Asia or Australia using their US measuring cups. It is also handy when a carton or bottle is labelled in milliliters and a recipe calls for cups.
Metric recipes often give liquids in round milliliter amounts such as 100, 200, 250 or 300 ml. In US cups these are 0.42, 0.85, 1.06 and 1.27 cups. For practical use, 100 ml is just under ½ cup, 250 ml is about 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon, and 300 ml is about 1¼ cups.
Packaged liquids in metric countries come in standard sizes: a 200 ml cream carton, a 400 ml can of coconut milk, a 500 ml bottle of stock and a 1 L carton of milk. These convert to 0.85, 1.69, 2.11 and 4.23 US cups.
If your measuring cups are metric 250 ml cups, as in Australia, the numbers are easier: 500 ml is exactly 2 metric cups. The US cup is about 5% smaller, which is enough to matter in baking.
Smoothie and protein shake recipes often give liquids in milliliters. A 350 ml serving is 1.48 cups, just under 1½ cups. Blender jugs often show both scales, but older American measuring cups only show cups and ounces.
Pet food and animal care guidelines sometimes use milliliters. A 120 ml serving of water or wet food is 0.51 cup, about half a cup.
Soup recipes from metric countries often call for 1.5 L of stock, which is 6.34 US cups.
For quick conversions, remember that 60 ml is about ¼ cup and 120 ml is about ½ cup.
To check, the cup figure should be a little more than the milliliter figure divided by 240. 750 ml should land near 3.2 cups (3.17 exactly). If your answer is exactly 3, you used the 250 ml metric cup instead of the US cup. When the result has an awkward decimal, express the remainder in tablespoons; one tablespoon is about 15 ml, or one sixteenth of a cup.
cup = mL × 0.004226752838
Reverse: 1 cup = 236.58824 mL.
How many cups is a 400 ml can of coconut milk?
Answer: 400 ml = 1.69 cups ≈ 1½ cups + 3 tbsp.
| mL | cup |
|---|---|
| ¼ mL | 0.0010566882 cup |
| ½ mL | 0.0021133764 cup |
| ¾ mL | 0.0031700646 cup |
| 1 mL | 0.0042267528 cup |
| 2 mL | 0.0084535057 cup |
| 3 mL | 0.012680259 cup |
| 4 mL | 0.016907011 cup |
| 5 mL | 0.021133764 cup |
| 6 mL | 0.025360517 cup |
| 7 mL | 0.02958727 cup |
| 8 mL | 0.033814023 cup |
| 9 mL | 0.038040776 cup |
| 10 mL | 0.042267528 cup |
| 11 mL | 0.046494281 cup |
| 12 mL | 0.050721034 cup |
| 13 mL | 0.054947787 cup |
| mL | cup |
|---|---|
| 14 mL | 0.05917454 cup |
| 15 mL | 0.063401293 cup |
| 16 mL | 0.067628045 cup |
| 17 mL | 0.071854798 cup |
| 18 mL | 0.076081551 cup |
| 19 mL | 0.080308304 cup |
| 20 mL | 0.084535057 cup |
| 25 mL | 0.10566882 cup |
| 30 mL | 0.12680259 cup |
| 40 mL | 0.16907011 cup |
| 50 mL | 0.21133764 cup |
| 75 mL | 0.31700646 cup |
| 100 mL | 0.42267528 cup |
| 250 mL | 1.0566882 cup |
| 500 mL | 2.1133764 cup |
| 1 000 mL | 4.2267528 cup |
A 300 ml carton is 1.27 US cups.
400 ml is 1.69 cups, a little over 1⅔.
1,000 ml is 4.23 cups.
That is the metric cup. With US cups, 500 ml is 2.11 cups, not 2.
Metric recipes often list flour in grams. Grams are weight; this conversion only works for volume.
1.69 cups is easiest as 1½ cups plus 3 tablespoons.
A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter, exactly one cubic centimeter (cm³).
Origin. A thousandth of the metric liter.
Used today. Recipes, cartons and measuring jugs in most countries.
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. Became standard in American cookbooks around 1900.
Used today. US home cooking and baking.
1.06 US cups.
2.11 cups.
6.76 US tablespoons, or 0.42 cups.
A scale. Cups are fine for liquids, but dry ingredients vary with packing.
250 ml, used in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.