Cups to ml (US vs metric vs UK)

A US cup is about 237 ml. A metric cup (AU/NZ/modern UK recipes) is 250 ml. An old UK imperial cup is about 284 ml. Pick the standard the recipe was written in.

1 cupml
US customary236.59
US legal240
Metric250
UK imperial284.13

How to use the Cups to ml (US vs metric vs UK)

What does the Cups to ml (US vs metric vs UK) do?

Convert cups to milliliters with three cup sizes: US customary (~236.6 ml), metric (250 ml) and old UK imperial (~284 ml); It applies this page-specific rule: US customary cup = 236.5882365 ml (8 US fluid ounces).

Which inputs does this calculator use?

To convert cups to milliliters with three cup sizes: us customary (~236.6 ml), metric (250 ml) and old uk imperial (~284 ml), enter Amount (cups), Standard; keep every value in the same example; where available, choose between US customary (236.588 ml), US legal / labels (240 ml), Metric (250 ml), UK imperial (284.131 ml) to match the required format; the page then updates the result from the current values; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - Australia, New Zealand and many modern metric recipes use a 250 ml cup - so the expected result can confirm the settings.

How should the calculator result be read?

For a result intended to convert cups to milliliters with three cup sizes: us customary (~236.6 ml), metric (250 ml) and old uk imperial (~284 ml), australia, New Zealand and many modern metric recipes use a 250 ml cup; read standard together with the original amount (cups) rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.

Which cup if the recipe is American?

When the goal is to convert cups to milliliters with three cup sizes: us customary (~236.6 ml), metric (250 ml) and old uk imperial (~284 ml), US customary (~237 ml).

Australian recipe?

When using the page to convert cups to milliliters with three cup sizes: us customary (~236.6 ml), metric (250 ml) and old uk imperial (~284 ml), metric 250 ml.

Limits and accuracy

When using this calculator to convert cups to milliliters with three cup sizes: us customary (~236.6 ml), metric (250 ml) and old uk imperial (~284 ml), this is volume, not weight; check the entered values, units, rounding, and assumptions before using the answer for an important decision; keep amount (cups) until the output has been checked in its intended destination.

How this works

US customary cup = 236.5882365 ml (8 US fluid ounces). US nutrition labels often round to a 240 ml “legal cup”. This tool uses the customary cooking cup and also shows the 240 ml legal figure.

Australia, New Zealand and many modern metric recipes use a 250 ml cup. Old British imperial cups were 10 UK fluid ounces ≈ 284.13 ml. Current UK baking is usually grams and millilitres; if a UK blog says “cup” it may mean 250 ml without saying so.

This is volume, not weight. One cup of flour is not one cup of sugar in grams. Do not use this page as a flour-to-grams chart.

Frequently asked questions

Which cup if the recipe is American?

US customary (~237 ml).

Australian recipe?

Metric 250 ml.

Is the UK cup 284 ml today?

Only in old books. Modern UK writing that says cup often borrowed the 250 ml metric cup - check the source.

Tablespoons?

Not on this page.