Convert milliliters to cups instantly. Enter a volume in milliliters to get the equivalent in US cups — perfect for adapting metric recipes to American measuring cups.
How to convert ml to cups
One US cup is 236.588 milliliters, so to convert milliliters to US cups you divide by 236.588.
Formula: US cups = milliliters ÷ 236.588
Example: 500 ml of stock is 500 ÷ 236.588 = 2.11 US cups. 250 ml is 1.06 US cups.
Tip: Recipes from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada often use a 250 ml metric cup. For those, simply divide by 250 — 500 ml is exactly 2 metric cups. Choose “Metric Cup” in the converter above.
| Milliliter | US Cup |
|---|---|
| 50 | 0.2113376419 |
| 100 | 0.4226752838 |
| 125 | 0.5283441047 |
| 150 | 0.6340129257 |
| 200 | 0.8453505675 |
| 250 | 1.056688209 |
| 300 | 1.268025851 |
| 400 | 1.690701135 |
| 500 | 2.113376419 |
| 750 | 3.170064628 |
| 1,000 | 4.226752838 |
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