500 ml to Cups
500 ml is 2.11 US cups — in the kitchen, measure 2 cups + 2 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, 500 ml is 2 cups instead.
How many cups is 500 ml?
| US cups (exact) | 2.11 cups |
|---|---|
| Kitchen measure | 2 cups + 2 tbsp |
| Tablespoons | 33.8 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 101 tsp |
| US fluid ounces | 16.9 fl oz |
| Metric cups (250 ml) | 2 cups |
What does 500 ml weigh?
Millilitres measure volume, so the weight depends entirely on what you are measuring. At 500 ml:
| Ingredient | Weight |
|---|---|
| Flour | 254 g |
| Sugar | 423 g |
| Powdered Sugar | 254 g |
| Brown Sugar | 450 g |
| Honey | 719 g |
| Butter | 480 g |
| Milk | 518 g |
| Rice | 391 g |
Water is the one case where the two match: 500 ml of water weighs about 500 g.
Nearby amounts
| ml | Cups (exact) | Kitchen measure |
|---|---|---|
| 350 ml | 1.48 | 1 ½ cups |
| 400 ml | 1.69 | 1 ⅔ cups |
| 450 ml | 1.9 | 1 ⅞ cups |
| 600 ml | 2.54 | 2 ½ cups |
| 750 ml | 3.17 | 3 ⅛ cups |
| 1000 ml | 4.23 | 4 ¼ cups |
Convert another amount
500 ml = 2.113 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.