Tablespoons to Milliliters Converter
Tablespoons to Milliliters Converter
Tablespoons to milliliters is a frequent cooking and pharmacy conversion, since US recipes and some medication instructions use tablespoons while most measuring tools and international recipes use milliliters.
This tool goes beyond the US tablespoon: the "From" and "To" dropdowns also cover the Canadian and Imperial tablespoon (both slightly different sizes) plus the full range of other volume units.
- Conversion factor: 1 U.S. tablespoon = 14.7868 milliliters (exactly half a US fluid ounce).
- Fully flexible: change either dropdown to convert between any two of the 40+ supported volume units.
- Three tablespoon sizes: U.S. (14.787 mL), Canadian (14.207 mL), and Imperial (17.758 mL) tablespoons are all different — the Imperial one is notably larger.
How many milliliters are in a tablespoon?
1 U.S. tablespoon equals approximately 14.787 milliliters (commonly rounded to 15 mL). To convert, multiply the tablespoon value by 14.7868.
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
There are 16 U.S. tablespoons in 1 U.S. cup, since a cup is 236.588 mL and a tablespoon is 14.7868 mL.
Tablespoons to Milliliters Converter


Tablespoons to milliliters is a frequent cooking and pharmacy conversion, since US recipes and some medication instructions use tablespoons while most measuring tools and international recipes use milliliters.
This tool goes beyond the US tablespoon: the "From" and "To" dropdowns also cover the Canadian and Imperial tablespoon (both slightly different sizes) plus the full range of other volume units.

- Conversion factor: 1 U.S. tablespoon = 14.7868 milliliters (exactly half a US fluid ounce).
- Fully flexible: change either dropdown to convert between any two of the 40+ supported volume units.
- Three tablespoon sizes: U.S. (14.787 mL), Canadian (14.207 mL), and Imperial (17.758 mL) tablespoons are all different — the Imperial one is notably larger.
How many milliliters are in a tablespoon?
1 U.S. tablespoon equals approximately 14.787 milliliters (commonly rounded to 15 mL). To convert, multiply the tablespoon value by 14.7868.
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
There are 16 U.S. tablespoons in 1 U.S. cup, since a cup is 236.588 mL and a tablespoon is 14.7868 mL.
