Conversion formula
mL = cup × 250 (Canada)
mL = cup × 236.5882 (US)
mL = cup × 236.5882 (US)
In Canada, recipes and measuring cups use the 250 mL metric cup. The US cup is a little smaller: 236.6 mL. When you follow an American recipe, the 5% gap mostly matters in baking. Older Canadian recipes from before the 1970s sometimes used the imperial cup, which is 227 mL.
Cups to millilitres chart
| Cups | Canada | US |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 62.5 mL | 59.1 mL |
| ⅓ cup | 83.3 mL | 78.9 mL |
| ½ cup | 125 mL | 118.3 mL |
| ⅔ cup | 166.7 mL | 157.7 mL |
| ¾ cup | 187.5 mL | 177.4 mL |
| 1 cup | 250 mL | 236.6 mL |
| 1 ½ cups | 375 mL | 354.9 mL |
| 2 cups | 500 mL | 473.2 mL |
| 3 cups | 750 mL | 709.8 mL |
| 4 cups | 1,000 mL | 946.4 mL |
To convert every measure at once, use the cooking measurement converter. For an ingredient in grams, see cups to grams.