50 ml to Cups
50 ml is 0.21 US cups — in the kitchen, measure 3 tbsp. One US cup is 236.588 ml, so millilitres rarely land on a round cup fraction; the practical measure above is the closest you can actually scoop.
Measuring cups vary by country: this answer uses the US customary cup of 236.588 ml. Against a 250 ml metric cup, 50 ml is 0.2 cups instead.
How many cups is 50 ml?
| US cups (exact) | 0.21 cups |
|---|---|
| Kitchen measure | 3 tbsp |
| Tablespoons | 3.4 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 10 tsp |
| US fluid ounces | 1.7 fl oz |
| Metric cups (250 ml) | 0.2 cups |
What does 50 ml weigh?
Millilitres measure volume, so the weight depends entirely on what you are measuring. At 50 ml:
| Ingredient | Weight |
|---|---|
| Flour | 25 g |
| Sugar | 42 g |
| Powdered Sugar | 25 g |
| Brown Sugar | 45 g |
| Honey | 72 g |
| Butter | 48 g |
| Milk | 52 g |
| Rice | 39 g |
Water is the one case where the two match: 50 ml of water weighs about 50 g.
Nearby amounts
| ml | Cups (exact) | Kitchen measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 ml | 0.11 | ⅛ cup |
| 30 ml | 0.13 | ⅛ cup |
| 40 ml | 0.17 | ⅛ cup |
| 60 ml | 0.25 | ¼ cup |
| 75 ml | 0.32 | ⅓ cup |
| 80 ml | 0.34 | ⅓ cup |
Convert another amount
50 ml = 0.211 cup
More: the full ml-to-cups chart · cups to ml · cups to grams by ingredient
1 US cup = 236.588 ml; metric cup = 250 ml; US legal cup = 240 ml. Ingredient weights from the open density dataset. Data verified 2026-08-20. Methodology.