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title: "Cubic centimeters to US cups — cm³ to cup converter"
description: "1 cubic centimeter = 0.0042268 US cups. Convert cubic centimeters to US cups with a full conversion table, the exact formula, and a calculator for any value."
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# Cubic centimeters to US cups

**1 cubic centimeter in US cups: 1 cm³ = 0.0042268 cup**

cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838

To convert cubic centimeters to US cups, multiply by 0.004226752838. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

## Cubic centimeters to US cups table

*Common cubic centimeter values converted to US cups.*

| Cubic centimeters | US cups |
| --- | --- |
| 1 cm³ | 0.0042268 |
| 2 cm³ | 0.0084535 |
| 3 cm³ | 0.01268 |
| 4 cm³ | 0.016907 |
| 5 cm³ | 0.021134 |
| 10 cm³ | 0.042268 |
| 15 cm³ | 0.063401 |
| 20 cm³ | 0.084535 |
| 25 cm³ | 0.10567 |
| 30 cm³ | 0.1268 |
| 40 cm³ | 0.16907 |
| 50 cm³ | 0.21134 |
| 75 cm³ | 0.31701 |
| 100 cm³ | 0.42268 |
| 250 cm³ | 1.056688 |
| 500 cm³ | 2.113376 |
| 1,000 cm³ | 4.226753 |

## How the conversion works

The relationship is cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838. Both units measure volume, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.

> US cup: US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.

## Common questions

### How many US cups are in one cubic centimeter?

One cubic centimeter equals 0.0042268 US cups. cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838.

### How do you convert cubic centimeters to US cups?

Use cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838. So 10 cm³ is 0.042268 cup.

### How many cubic centimeters are in one US cup?

One US cup equals 236.5882 cubic centimeters, which is the reverse of the conversion above.

### Is there more than one kind of US cup?

US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.

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## Sources

- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811) [Public domain (US Government)]
- The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure)
- Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)