Cups to fluid ounces

1 US cup = 8 US fluid ounces. 1 US cup = 8 US fluid ounces.

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Use a decimal or fraction, such as 1/2 or 1 1/2. Cups and spoons here are US measures.

1 US cup

8 US fluid ounces

Volume stays the same whichever ingredient fills the cup.

1 US cups
Cup scale: 1 US cup

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Cups to fluid ounces chart

US measures; decimals are rounded
US cupsUS fluid ounces
1/42
1/32 2/3 (2.67)
1/24
2/35 1/3 (5.33)
3/46
18
1 1/212
216
324
432

Good to know

This is volume. A recipe that weighs its flour in ounces needs a scale or the ingredient’s cup weight instead.

The figures follow the US definitions in NIST Handbook 44: 3 teaspoons to a tablespoon, 16 tablespoons to a cup, 2 cups to a pint, 4 quarts to a gallon and 28.349523125 grams to an ounce by weight.

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