Volume Converter
Convert liters, gallons, cups and kitchen measures.
Free volume converter: switch between milliliters, liters, cubic meters, teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons and cubic feet instantly.
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About Volume Converter
Cooking is where most people first collide with volume units: an American recipe calls for cups while your measuring jug speaks milliliters, and a British cookbook's pint isn't the same as an American one. Beyond the kitchen, volume runs fuel tanks, shipping quotes, aquariums, and concrete orders.
This converter covers milliliters, liters, and cubic meters on the metric side, plus the US customary kitchen set, teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons, and cubic feet for the big stuff. The key gotcha is stated up front: these are US customary units. A US gallon is 3.78541 liters, while an imperial gallon is about 4.546 liters, so a recipe's country of origin genuinely changes the answer.
Type the volume, choose your from and to units, and the swap button reverses direction instantly. Whether you're scaling a recipe, converting a European car's fuel economy figures, or figuring out how many liters your new aquarium actually holds, one conversion beats a drawer full of mismatched measuring cups.
How to use Volume Converter
- Type the volume value.
- Choose the from and to units.
- Use Swap to reverse the direction instantly.
Why use this tool?
- US kitchen units (cups, tbsp, fl oz) included
- Instant conversion with a swap button
- Free with no signup
Tips for best results
- Check the recipe's country: US and imperial pints, quarts, and gallons differ, the US versions are smaller.
- 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons, and 16 tablespoons = 1 cup: the two ratios that rescue most kitchen math.
- When scaling recipes, convert first and then round to the nearest practical measure, 236.6 ml of stock is just 'a cup.'
- For fuel and fluids, liters are the international standard; convert gallons to liters before comparing car specs across countries.
- A cubic meter is exactly 1,000 liters, useful for shipping, concrete, and water tank estimates.