How Many Milliliters in a Cup?
236.6 ml
There are 236.6 milliliters in 1 US cup.
UK: 1 metric cup (250 ml) = 250 ml
Exact: 1 cup = 236.5882365 ml
Cups to Milliliters conversion chart
| Cups | Milliliters |
|---|---|
| one eighth cup | 29.57 |
| one quarter cup | 59.15 |
| one third cup | 78.86 |
| three eighths cup | 88.72 |
| one half cup | 118.3 |
| five eighths cup | 147.9 |
| two thirds cup | 157.7 |
| three quarters cup | 177.4 |
| seven eighths cup | 207 |
| 1 cup | 236.6 |
| 1 and one quarter cups | 295.7 |
| 1 and one third cups | 315.5 |
| 1 and one half cups | 354.9 |
| 1 and two thirds cups | 394.3 |
| 1 and three quarters cups | 414 |
| 2 cups | 473.2 |
| 2 and one half cups | 591.5 |
| 3 cups | 709.8 |
| 4 cups | 946.4 |
| 5 cups | 1,183 |
| 6 cups | 1,420 |
| 8 cups | 1,893 |
| 10 cups | 2,366 |
| 12 cups | 2,839 |
| 16 cups | 3,785 |
How to convert cups to milliliters
milliliters = cups × 236.588
Example: 2 1/2 cups × 236.588 = 591.5 ml.
Multiply the cups by 236.6 to get milliliters (millilitres). Most cooks round the factor to 237, which is close enough for any recipe written in whole milliliters.
Fractions of a cup follow the same rule:
- 1/4 cup = 59.15 ml
- 1/3 cup = 78.86 ml
- 1/2 cup = 118.3 ml
- 2/3 cup = 157.7 ml
- 3/4 cup = 177.4 ml
Once the total passes about 1,000 ml, liters are easier to read. The cups to liters converter handles those bigger batches, and the milliliters to cups converter takes you back the other way.
US vs UK cups
Three different cups turn up in recipes and on packages. A US measuring cup holds 236.6 ml, the cup on US nutrition labels is 240 ml under FDA labeling rules, and the metric cup of the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand is 250 ml.
When a recipe prints both cups and milliliters, measure the milliliters. That number also tells you which cup the writer used. In spoons, a metric cup is 16.91 tbsp, while a US cup is 16 tbsp.
| Unit | Size | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| US cup | 236.6 ml | US |
| US legal cup | 240 ml | US nutrition labels |
| metric cup | 250 ml | UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand |
Filling a metric jug to one US cup
If your jug shows only milliliters, pour to just below the 240 ml line for one US cup. For 1/2 cup, stop a hair under 120 ml, and for 1/4 cup, a hair under 60 ml.
Read the line at eye level with the jug on the counter, since looking from above or below skews the reading.
A jug is a poor tool for flour or sugar, because the surface is hard to level and read. Weigh dry ingredients instead with the cups to grams converter.
Cups and milliliters: questions
Is 1 cup 250 ml or 240 ml?
Neither, if you mean a US measuring cup, which holds 236.6 ml. The 250 ml cup is the metric cup used outside the US, and the 240 ml cup is the rounded size on US nutrition labels. For most cooking the three are close enough to swap.
Is 200 ml a cup?
No. 200 ml fills 0.8454 cup, which lands between the 3/4 cup and 1 cup marks. In a recipe that uses metric cups, it is 0.8 cup. A 200 ml carton of juice therefore holds a little less than a cup in either system.
How many milliliters are in half a cup?
Half a US cup is 118.3 ml, and a quarter cup is 59.1 ml. On a metric jug, 120 ml and 60 ml are close enough, because each is off by less than a teaspoon.
How can I measure a cup without a measuring cup?
Use any container marked in milliliters and fill it to 237 ml. For water, a kitchen scale works too, because a US cup of water weighs about 237 grams. The scale trick does not carry over to oil, honey or flour, which weigh differently for the same volume.
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Sources: Unit definitions: NIST Handbook 44 · Last reviewed · Report an error
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