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Volume Converter

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.

UnitEquals
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 cup0.236588 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:

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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.