CalcPairsCups to Milliliters Converter (cups to ml)
2 US cups is 473.176473 ml. The US cup is exactly 236.5882365 ml (half a US pint), so cups × 236.5882365 gives millilitres — and a quarter cup, the size recipes reach for constantly, is 59.147059 ml.
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How this conversion works
American recipes measure in cups; most of the world weighs and pours in millilitres. Type either side and the other answers — the table below is built around the fractions recipes actually use, quarters and thirds of a cup included.
Know your cup: this page uses the US customary cup of 236.588 ml. The US 'legal cup' on nutrition labels is 240 ml, the metric cup used in Australia and New Zealand is 250 ml, and a Japanese cup is 200 ml. For baking from an American blog or book, 236.588 is the cup the author meant; for a packaged food label, 240 ml is close enough that the difference vanishes in the pan.
The exact formula
millilitres = US cups × 236.5882365
1 US cup = 236.5882365 ml exactly (8 US fluid ounces). The reverse is cups = millilitres ÷ 236.5882365.
Cups (US) to Milliliters conversion table
| Cups (US) (cups) | Milliliters (ml) |
|---|---|
| 0.25 | 59.147059 |
| 0.5 | 118.294118 |
| 0.75 | 177.441177 |
| 1 | 236.588236 |
| 1.5 | 354.882355 |
| 2 | 473.176473 |
| 2.5 | 591.470591 |
| 3 | 709.76471 |
| 4 | 946.352946 |
| 5 | 1182.941182 |
| Cups (US) (cups) | Milliliters (ml) |
|---|---|
| 6 | 1419.529419 |
| 8 | 1892.705892 |
| 10 | 2365.882365 |
Frequently asked questions
How many ml are in a cup?
236.5882365 ml for the US cup used in recipes. (Nutrition labels use a rounded 240 ml legal cup.)
How many ml is half a cup?
118.294118 ml — recipes usually print 120 ml, a rounding worth knowing about but rarely worth worrying over.
Is a mug the same as a cup?
Almost never. A typical mug holds 300–350 ml, closer to a cup and a half. Measure with the cup, drink from the mug.