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Milliliters to Cups (US) (ml to cup)

Convert ml to cup instantly — cups = ml ÷ 236.588. Divide milliliters by 236.588 — one US legal cup. Metric cups used in Australia and Canada are 250 ml, about 5.7% larger. Everything is computed locally in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

milliliter (ml)US cup

1 ml of All-purpose flour = 0 cup · 1 ml = 0 cup

Quick reference

How to convert ml to cup

The conversion formula is cups = ml ÷ 236.588. Divide milliliters by 236.588 — one US legal cup. Metric cups used in Australia and Canada are 250 ml, about 5.7% larger.

Going the other way? See the cups to milliliters (us) converter, which uses the reciprocal relationship.

Worked examples

Example: convert 60 ml to cup. Apply the formula — cups = ml ÷ 236.588 — and you get 0.2536 cup. Reverse-check it by using the cups to milliliters (us) to come back to 60 ml; if you do not land on the original number, a factor was inverted.

Example: convert 500 ml to cup. Apply the formula — cups = ml ÷ 236.588 — and you get 2.11 cup. Reverse-check it by using the cups to milliliters (us) to come back to 500 ml; if you do not land on the original number, a factor was inverted.

Where the factor comes from

The US legal cup of 236.588 ml is the standard behind American recipes, defined from the US gallon (exactly 231 cubic inches). Australia, Canada and most of Europe use a metric cup of 250 ml — 5.7% larger. Spoon measures follow the same split: a US tablespoon is 14.79 ml versus the 15 ml metric tablespoon. Over a six-cup batch of dough, that difference is more than a third of a cup.

Common mistakes

US cup vs metric cup. Australian and Canadian recipes use a 250 ml cup. Baking a US recipe with metric cups over-measures every volume by 5.7%.

Tablespoon drift. A US tablespoon is 14.79 ml; a metric (Australian) tablespoon is 20 ml — 35% larger. This is the classic trap in recipes from UK/AU sources.

Packing brown sugar like flour. Volume charts assume the packing style stated. Brown sugar is measured packed, flour spooned-and-level — applying one style to both corrupts both.

Quick mental shortcuts

Mental shortcuts: cups → ml ≈ ×240 (exact 236.588); tbsp → ml ≈ ×15 (exact 14.79); tsp → ml ≈ ×5. Eight US fl oz is one cup; sixteen tablespoons are also one cup.

FAQ

How do I convert ml to cup?

cups = ml ÷ 236.588. Divide milliliters by 236.588 — one US legal cup. Metric cups used in Australia and Canada are 250 ml, about 5.7% larger.

What is 1 ml in cup?

1 ml = 0 cup.

Is this a US cup or a metric cup?

This converter uses the US legal cup of 236.588 ml, which is what US recipes mean by "cup". Metric cups (250 ml) are about 5.7% larger — worth remembering when baking from Australian or Canadian recipes.

Does ingredient density matter here?

No — this pair converts volume to volume, so the factor is fixed. Density only matters when converting between weight (grams, ounces) and volume (cups, milliliters).

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