How many milliliters is 1 tablespoon?

1 tablespoon equals 14.786765 mL, about 3 times as much as a teaspoon.

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Convert Milliliters to tablespoons (mL to tbsp)

To convert milliliters to tablespoons (mL to tbsp), multiply by 0.067628. 1 milliliter equals 0.067628 tbsp, about 20% of a teaspoon.

1 milliliter equals

0.067628tbsp

1 mL = 0.067628 tbsp · 1 tbsp = 14.786765 mL

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Which tablespoon?

A tablespoon is not the same everywhere. These figures use the US customary tablespoon of 14.79 mL, close enough to the 15 mL metric spoon sold almost everywhere. Australia is the exception at 20 mL - a third larger - so an Australian recipe means something different by the word.

Reference table

milliliters	tablespoons
1 milliliter	0.067628 tbsp
2 milliliters	0.13526 tbsp
5 milliliters	0.33814 tbsp
10 milliliters	0.67628 tbsp
25 milliliters	1.6907011 tbsp
50 milliliters	3.3814023 tbsp
100 milliliters	6.7628045 tbsp
250 milliliters	16.907011 tbsp
500 milliliters	33.814023 tbsp
1000 milliliters	67.628045 tbsp

Is the ml to tablespoons conversion exact?

The factor is 0.0676280, which is derived rather than defined, so any decimal you see has been rounded somewhere.

No simple round multiplier is close enough to be useful, so this is one to look up rather than estimate. The exact factor is 0.0676280.

Going the other way, one tablespoon is 14.787 mL, which is usually the easier direction to work in. Because the forward factor is small, watch the decimal place rather than the digits: a factor-of-ten slip is the common error, not a rounding one.

To anchor the scale: 20 milliliters is about 1.35 tbsp.

Show the working

1. Convert to the base unit (L):
1 mL × 0.001 = 0.001 L

2. Convert from L to tbsp:
0.001 L ÷ 0.014787 = 0.067628 tbsp

Common questions

How many tablespoons is 1 milliliter?: 1 milliliter equals 0.067628 tbsp, about 20% of a teaspoon.
How many milliliters is 1 tablespoon?: 1 tablespoon equals 14.786765 mL, about 3 times as much as a teaspoon.

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