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Millilitres to US cups

Convert millilitres to US legal cups. The US legal cup used on nutrition labels is 240 ml; the older US customary cup is 236.588 ml. This tool uses the legal cup.

ml
cups

cups = ml × 0.00416667

Quick reference

Common amountmlcups
60 ml 60 ml 0.25 cups
120 ml 120 ml 0.5 cups
240 ml (1 cup) 240 ml 1 cups
250 ml (metric cup) 250 ml 1.042 cups
500 ml 500 ml 2.083 cups
1 litre 1000 ml 4.167 cups

About this conversion

The US legal cup is 240 ml — this is what appears on US nutrition labels. The metric cup used in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada is 250 ml. The Imperial (UK) cup, rarely used today, is 284 ml.