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# Milliliters to US cups

**1 milliliter in US cups: 1 mL = 0.0042268 cup**

cup = mL × 0.004226752838

To convert milliliters 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.

## Milliliters to US cups table

*Common milliliter values converted to US cups.*

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

## How the conversion works

The relationship is cup = mL × 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 milliliter?

One milliliter equals 0.0042268 US cups. cup = mL × 0.004226752838.

### How do you convert milliliters to US cups?

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

### How many milliliters are in one US cup?

One US cup equals 236.5882 milliliters, 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

- [US cups to Milliliters](https://atoneplace.net/convert/cups-to-ml/)
- [Milliliters to Liters](https://atoneplace.net/convert/ml-to-liters/)
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- [Milliliters to US gallons](https://atoneplace.net/convert/ml-to-gallons/)
- [Milliliters to US quarts](https://atoneplace.net/convert/ml-to-quarts/)
- [Milliliters to US pints](https://atoneplace.net/convert/ml-to-pints/)
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- [Milliliters to Tablespoons](https://atoneplace.net/convert/ml-to-tablespoons/)
- [Milliliters to Teaspoons](https://atoneplace.net/convert/ml-to-teaspoons/)

## 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/)