Spoons and cups
1 cup to ml: 236.6 ml
1 cup is 237 ml.
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1 cup is
237 ml
Exact: 1 US cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz = 236.6 ml · How we calculate
1 cup to ml and other amounts, by cup size
1 cup to ml is 236.6 ml for a US customary cup (236.5882365 ml exactly). To convert cups to ml, multiply the cups by 236.6, or by 250 if the recipe uses metric cups.
| Cups | US ml | US legal ml | Metric ml | Imperial ml |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 30 | 30 | 31 | 36 |
| ¼ cup | 59 | 60 | 63 | 71 |
| ⅓ cup | 79 | 80 | 83 | 95 |
| ½ cup | 118 | 120 | 125 | 142 |
| ⅔ cup | 158 | 160 | 167 | 189 |
| ¾ cup | 177 | 180 | 188 | 213 |
| 1 cup | 237 | 240 | 250 | 284 |
| 1½ cups | 355 | 360 | 375 | 426 |
| 2 cups | 473 | 480 | 500 | 568 |
| 3 cups | 710 | 720 | 750 | 852 |
| 4 cups | 946 | 960 | 1,000 | 1,137 |
Why a cup can be 236.6, 240 or 250 ml
The US customary cup in measuring sets and US recipes is 236.6 ml. US nutrition labels round a cup to 240 ml for serving sizes, so a label's "1 cup" is 3.4 ml more than a measuring cup. Australian, New Zealand and Canadian recipes use a 250 ml metric cup, and older UK recipes a 284 ml imperial cup.
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