Cups to Milliliters Converter
Convert US cups (cup) to milliliters (mL) instantly with accurate results.
1 US Cup (cup) = 236.588 Milliliter (mL)
Conversion Table
| US Cup (cup) | Milliliter (mL) |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 236.588 mL |
| 5 cup | 1182.94 mL |
| 10 cup | 2365.88 mL |
| 25 cup | 5914.7 mL |
| 50 cup | 11829.4 mL |
| 100 cup | 23658.8 mL |
| 500 cup | 118294 mL |
| 1000 cup | 236588 mL |
What Is Cups to Milliliters Conversion?
Converting cups to milliliters translates a volume measurement from the US customary system to the metric system. One US cup equals approximately 236.588 milliliters. This conversion is primarily used in cooking and baking, where American recipes use cups while most international recipes and kitchen scales use milliliters or grams. Note that US cups, Imperial cups (284.131 mL), and metric cups (250 mL) are all different sizes.
Conversion Formula
Milliliters = US Cups × 236.588
When Do You Need This Conversion?
You need cups to mL conversion when adapting American recipes for metric measuring tools, using a kitchen scale that measures in milliliters, understanding nutrition labels from different countries, or brewing coffee and tea with precise metric measurements.
Frequently Asked Questions
One US cup equals approximately 236.588 milliliters. Note that cup sizes vary by country: US cup = 236.588 mL, metric cup (Australia, NZ) = 250 mL, Imperial cup (UK, Canada historical) = 284.131 mL, Japanese cup = 200 mL. Always check which cup standard a recipe uses.
If you have a milliliter measuring device: 1 cup = 237 mL, 3/4 cup = 177 mL, 2/3 cup = 158 mL, 1/2 cup = 118 mL, 1/3 cup = 79 mL, 1/4 cup = 59 mL. A standard tablespoon is about 15 mL, so 1 cup equals approximately 16 tablespoons.
Cups measure volume while grams measure weight, so the conversion depends on the ingredient's density. For water: 1 cup ≈ 237 g. For flour: 1 cup ≈ 125 g. For sugar: 1 cup ≈ 200 g. For butter: 1 cup ≈ 227 g. For accurate baking, weighing ingredients in grams with a kitchen scale is more precise than using volume measurements.