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US cups to milliliters

1 US cup in milliliters
1 cup = 236.5882 mL
mL = cup × 236.5882365

To convert US cups to milliliters, multiply by 236.5882365. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

US cups to milliliters table

Common US cup values converted to milliliters.
US cups Milliliters
1 cup 236.5882
2 cup 473.1765
3 cup 709.7647
4 cup 946.3529
5 cup 1,182.9412
10 cup 2,365.8824
15 cup 3,548.8235
20 cup 4,731.7647
25 cup 5,914.7059
30 cup 7,097.6471
40 cup 9,463.5295
50 cup 11,829.412
75 cup 17,744.118
100 cup 23,658.824
250 cup 59,147.059
500 cup 118,294.12
1,000 cup 236,588.24

How the conversion works

The relationship is mL = cup × 236.5882365. 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 milliliters are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 236.5882 milliliters. mL = cup × 236.5882365.
How do you convert US cups to milliliters?
Use mL = cup × 236.5882365. So 10 cup is 2,365.8824 mL.
How many US cups are in one milliliter?
One milliliter equals 0.0042268 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