ML to Cups Converter

How to convert milliliters to cups

1 milliliter = 0.0042267528 cups. To convert milliliters to cups, divide by 236.5882365 (or multiply by 0.0042267528). A milliliter is one thousandth of a liter, the same as one cubic centimeter. A US customary cup is 8 US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml (nutrition labels use a rounded 240 ml).

Worked examples

• 125 milliliters = 0.528344 cup (125 ÷ 236.58824)
• 250 milliliters = 1.05669 cup (250 ÷ 236.58824)
• 500 milliliters = 2.11338 cup (500 ÷ 236.58824)

Where this conversion comes up

Milliliters are used for medicine doses, drinks, perfume and recipes outside the US; cups for US recipes and nutrition labels. For European recipes in a US kitchen. Uses the US customary cup (236.6 ml). Metric recipes from Australia and the UK use a 250 ml cup, so 250 ml is 1 metric cup but 1.06 US cups.

Quick estimate

Divide by 240: 480 ml ≈ 2 cups.

Common mistakes

• Multiplying instead of dividing. A cup is larger than a milliliter, so the number of cups must come out smaller: 125 milliliters = 0.528344 cup.
• Mixing fluid ounces with weight ounces. A fluid ounce is a volume (29.57 ml); an ounce on a kitchen scale is a weight (28.35 g). A cup of flour is 8 fl oz by volume but only about 4.25 oz by weight.
• Rounding too early. Keep the full factor until the last step; rounding 0.00423 to 0.004 first puts large values noticeably off.

Going the other way? Use the cups to ml converter. Related volume converters: ml to oz, oz to ml, liters to gallons, gallons to liters, liters to quarts, quarts to liters.