ml to cups converter
Milliliters to cups, and back. Liquids convert straight through by volume. Pick US cups, metric cups or UK cups in the menus.
1.06 US cups
≈ 1 cup · Water
- 16.9 tbsp
- 50.7 tsp
Not all cups are the same cup
Four “cups” are in circulation. Choose the cup the recipe writer used and the one in your drawer, and see what happens to a recipe that calls for several cups.
US customary
237 ml
US legal
240 ml
Metric
250 ml
UK imperial
284 ml
Using your metric cup, 3 cups is 40.2 ml more than the writer meant (+5.7%). For soups and stews, nobody will notice. In a cake, flour and liquid usually drift together, so it mostly evens out.
ml to cups chart
| ml | US cups | Metric cups | UK cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 ml | 0.21 (¼) | 0.2 | 0.18 |
| 60 ml | 0.25 (¼) | 0.24 | 0.21 |
| 80 ml | 0.34 (⅓) | 0.32 | 0.28 |
| 100 ml | 0.42 (⅜) | 0.4 | 0.35 |
| 125 ml | 0.53 (½) | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| 150 ml | 0.63 (⅝) | 0.6 | 0.53 |
| 200 ml | 0.85 (⅞) | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 250 ml | 1.06 (1) | 1 | 0.88 |
| 300 ml | 1.27 (1¼) | 1.2 | 1.06 |
| 350 ml | 1.48 (1½) | 1.4 | 1.23 |
| 400 ml | 1.69 (1⅔) | 1.6 | 1.41 |
| 500 ml | 2.11 (2⅛) | 2 | 1.76 |
| 750 ml | 3.17 (3⅛) | 3 | 2.64 |
| 1000 ml | 4.23 (4¼) | 4 | 3.52 |
Questions cooks ask
How many ml in a cup?
A US customary cup is 236.6 ml. The US “legal” cup used on nutrition labels is 240 ml, the metric cup (Australia, New Zealand, Canada) is 250 ml, and the old UK imperial cup is 284 ml.
How many cups is 500 ml?
About 2.1 US cups (2 cups plus 1 tablespoon), or exactly 2 metric cups.
How many cups is 250 ml?
Just over 1 US cup (1.06 cups), or exactly 1 metric cup.
How many ml is ½ cup?
118 ml in a US cup, 125 ml in a metric cup.
Which cup does my recipe use?
American recipes use the 236.6 ml US cup. Australian and New Zealand recipes use 250 ml. Pre-1970s British recipes that say “cup” usually mean a breakfast cup of about 284 ml.