CalcPairsTablespoons to Milliliters Converter (tbsp to ml)
2 tablespoons is 29.57353 ml — exactly one US fluid ounce, a neat consequence of the definitions: a tablespoon is half a fluid ounce, and a fluid ounce is 29.5735295625 ml. One tablespoon alone is 14.786765 ml.
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How this conversion works
Tablespoons are where recipes get small and precise — vanilla, oil, medicine. Type either side: tablespoons become millilitres, millilitres become tablespoons. Sixteen tablespoons make a cup, which the table below runs up to.
One international trap: the Australian tablespoon is 20 ml, not 15-ish — a third bigger. Recipes from Australian sources measured with Australian spoons will be off if you use US spoons, and this page converts the US tablespoon (with the metric spoon of exactly 15 ml sitting between the two, close to the US one but 1.4% larger).
The exact formula
millilitres = tablespoons × 14.78676478125
1 US tbsp = 14.78676478125 ml exactly (½ US fl oz; 3 teaspoons). The reverse is tablespoons = millilitres ÷ 14.78676478125.
Tablespoons (US) to Milliliters conversion table
| Tablespoons (US) (tbsp) | Milliliters (ml) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14.786765 |
| 2 | 29.57353 |
| 3 | 44.360294 |
| 4 | 59.147059 |
| 5 | 73.933824 |
| 6 | 88.720589 |
| 7 | 103.507353 |
| 8 | 118.294118 |
| 9 | 133.080883 |
| 10 | 147.867648 |
| Tablespoons (US) (tbsp) | Milliliters (ml) |
|---|---|
| 11 | 162.654413 |
| 12 | 177.441177 |
| 13 | 192.227942 |
| 14 | 207.014707 |
| 15 | 221.801472 |
| 16 | 236.588236 |
Frequently asked questions
How many ml are in a tablespoon?
14.78676478125 ml for the US tablespoon — usually rounded to 15 ml, which is exactly the metric tablespoon used in much of Europe.
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
16 US tablespoons = 1 US cup = 236.588 ml.
How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?
Exactly 3 — in both the US and metric systems, which is one of the few mercies of spoon measures.