Millilitres to Cups
1 millilitre = 0 cups
Going from millilitres to cups lets you follow a metric recipe when your measuring cups are marked in US cups. With a 240 ml cup, 250 ml is just over 1 cup, 500 ml is about 2 cups and 1000 ml (1 litre) is roughly 4¼ cups. Because the numbers rarely land on neat fractions, this is a conversion where a scale or a marked measuring jug beats stacked cups for accuracy.
Millilitres to Cups table
| Millilitres | Cups |
|---|---|
| 0.25 millilitres | 0 cups |
| 0.5 millilitres | 0 cups |
| 1 millilitre | 0 cups |
| 2 millilitres | 0.01 cups |
| 3 millilitres | 0.01 cups |
| 4 millilitres | 0.02 cups |
| 5 millilitres | 0.02 cups |
| 6 millilitres | 0.03 cups |
| 8 millilitres | 0.03 cups |
| 10 millilitres | 0.04 cups |
| 12 millilitres | 0.05 cups |
| 14 millilitres | 0.06 cups |
| 16 millilitres | 0.07 cups |
| 18 millilitres | 0.07 cups |
| 20 millilitres | 0.08 cups |
| 24 millilitres | 0.1 cups |
| 32 millilitres | 0.13 cups |
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How to convert millilitres to cups
To convert millilitres to cups, multiply by 0. This is a volume conversion, so it applies to any liquid or dry ingredient measured by volume, water, oil, milk, flour, and more.
Common conversions: 2 millilitres = 0.01 cups · 4 millilitres = 0.02 cups · 8 millilitres = 0.03 cups · 16 millilitres = 0.07 cups.
Tip: If a metric recipe gives an awkward figure like 375 ml, measure it as 1½ cups plus a little — or just use a jug marked in millilitres, which most metric kitchens already own.
For ingredient-specific weight conversions (like cups to grams of flour or rice), see our ingredient converters.
Millilitres to Cups: frequently asked
How many cups is 250 ml?
250 ml is about 1.04 cups with a 240 ml cup — essentially one cup for cooking purposes.
How many cups is 500 ml?
500 ml is about 2.08 cups, near enough to 2 cups for most recipes.