Volume Converter
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Popular Volume Conversions, Answered
The exact conversions students and home cooks search for most, worked out for you.
| Value | Equals | In mL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Litre | 1,000 mL | 1,000 mL |
| 1 US Gallon | 3.785 L | 3,785 mL |
| 1 UK Gallon | 4.546 L | 4,546 mL |
| 1 Cubic Metre | 1,000 L | 10,00,000 mL |
| 1 Cup (US) | 236.59 mL | 236.59 mL |
| 1 Tablespoon | 14.79 mL | 14.79 mL |
| 1 Teaspoon | 4.93 mL | 4.93 mL |
| 1 Cup | 16 tbsp | 236.59 mL |
| 1 US Fluid Ounce | 29.57 mL | 29.57 mL |
| 1 US Quart | 0.946 L | 946.35 mL |
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Free Volume Converter — For Chemistry, Maths & Everyday Cooking
Volume conversion comes up everywhere from a chemistry lab report to a recipe on a Sunday afternoon. Chemistry and physics numericals ask you to move between millilitres, litres and cubic metres; maths problems mix litres and cubic centimetres; and if you're cooking from an international recipe, you'll suddenly need to know what a "cup" or "tablespoon" actually means in millilitres.
This volume converter is built for both. The Unit ↔ Unit tab covers the full range of metric and imperial volume units — millilitre, litre, cubic metre, cubic centimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, US and UK gallons, quarts, pints and fluid ounces — using the same SI-based conversion factors accepted in TN Board, CBSE, NEET and JEE numericals.
The Cooking Measurements tab is built differently on purpose: instead of picking two units and converting between them, you enter one recipe measurement — a cup, tablespoon, teaspoon or fluid ounce — and instantly see it broken down into every common cooking unit at once, so you don't have to guess which conversion you actually need.
Every result updates instantly as you type — no signup, no app download, no "convert" button to click. Need a different kind of conversion? Head back to the unit converter hub for length, weight, area, temperature, time, speed, pressure, energy and power tools, or ask StudyHelpAI's Chemistry or Maths solver if you're stuck on the actual problem, not just the units.
← Back to all unit convertersVolume conversion — common questions
There are exactly 1,000 millilitres in one litre. To convert litres to mL, multiply by 1,000; to go the other way, divide by 1,000.
A standard US cup is 236.59 mL. Many Indian recipes round this to 250 mL for simplicity — both are fine for everyday cooking, but this converter uses the precise US cup for accuracy.
There are 16 tablespoons in one US cup. Since 1 tablespoon is about 14.79 mL, 16 tablespoons works out to roughly 236.59 mL — the same as one cup.
One US tablespoon equals approximately 14.79 mL. One teaspoon, which is a third of a tablespoon, equals approximately 4.93 mL.
It depends which gallon: a US gallon is 3.785 litres, while a UK (imperial) gallon is larger at 4.546 litres. Always check which one a question means before converting.
Multiply the number of cubic metres by 1,000. For example, 2 cubic metres equals 2,000 litres, since 1 cubic metre is exactly 1,000 litres.
Yes — the Unit ↔ Unit tab uses standard SI conversion factors for mL, L, cm³ and m³, matching what's expected in chemistry and physics numericals for TN Board, CBSE, NEET and JEE.