Convert liters, milliliters, US gallons, cups, pints, tablespoons, teaspoons and fluid ounces.
How volume conversion works
The metric side is simple — 1 liter is exactly 1,000 milliliters — while US customary units chain together: 2 cups per pint, 2 pints per quart... and here 4 quarts effectively per gallon of 128 fluid ounces. Every unit below is US customary; UK imperial gallons and pints are roughly 20% larger.
| Unit | Equals |
| 1 Milliliter (mL) | 0.001 L |
| 1 Liter (L) | base unit |
| 1 Cubic meter (m³) | 1000 L |
| 1 US teaspoon (tsp) | 0.00492892 L |
| 1 US tablespoon (tbsp) | 0.0147868 L |
| 1 US fluid ounce (fl oz) | 0.0295735 L |
| 1 US cup | 0.236588 L |
| 1 US pint (pt) | 0.473176 L |
| 1 US gallon (gal) | 3.78541 L |
All volume conversions
Every volume pair has its own quick-reference page with a conversion table:
Back to the full unit converter for all seven categories.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Mixing up ounces. The Weight category uses the ounce (oz), a unit of mass (28.3495 g). The Volume category uses the US fluid ounce (fl oz), a unit of capacity (29.5735 mL). One fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.04 oz, not exactly 1 oz, so always confirm which category you are in before converting.
- Confusing bits and bytes. File sizes are measured in bytes, network speeds in bits. In Data storage, 1 byte equals 8 bits, so a 100 Mbit per second connection transfers at most 12.5 megabytes per second.
- Assuming imperial gallons. Every volume unit here is US customary: 1 US gallon is 3.785 liters. A UK imperial gallon is 4.546 liters, roughly 20 percent larger, so results will not match UK fuel economy figures.
A quick accuracy check
Want to sanity-check any converter? Convert -40 from Celsius to Fahrenheit: the result must be exactly -40, the only temperature where the two scales meet. Then convert 0 Kelvin to Celsius: you should get -273.15, absolute zero. A converter that handles both edge cases correctly has sound temperature formulas, and this one does.
Frequently asked questions
Are these US or UK (imperial) gallons?
US customary: 1 US gallon is 3.7854 liters. The UK imperial gallon is 4.546 liters — about 20% larger — so UK fuel-economy figures do not match US ones.
How many milliliters are in a US cup?
One US cup is 236.588 mL. A US tablespoon is 14.787 mL (3 teaspoons), and a US fluid ounce is 29.574 mL.