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US cups to cubic meters

1 US cup in cubic meters
1 cup = 0.0002366 m³
m³ = cup × 0.000236588237

To convert US cups to cubic meters, multiply by 0.000236588237. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

US cups to cubic meters table

Common US cup values converted to cubic meters.
US cups Cubic meters
1 cup 0.0002366
2 cup 0.0004732
3 cup 0.0007098
4 cup 0.0009464
5 cup 0.0011829
10 cup 0.0023659
15 cup 0.0035488
20 cup 0.0047318
25 cup 0.0059147
30 cup 0.0070976
40 cup 0.0094635
50 cup 0.011829
75 cup 0.017744
100 cup 0.023659
250 cup 0.059147
500 cup 0.11829
1,000 cup 0.23659

How the conversion works

The relationship is m³ = cup × 0.000236588237. 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 cubic meters are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 0.0002366 cubic meters. m³ = cup × 0.000236588237.
How do you convert US cups to cubic meters?
Use m³ = cup × 0.000236588237. So 10 cup is 0.0023659 m³.
How many US cups are in one cubic meter?
One cubic meter equals 4,226.7528 US cups, 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.

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked