Grams to Cups

Convert grams to cups, or cups to grams, for over 100 baking and cooking ingredients, each with its own published weight.

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Ingredient

Amount

Unit

Every ingredient has its own weight per cup: a cup of flour weighs far less than a cup of sugar or honey.

250 g of all-purpose flour

2 1/8 cups (2.083)

250 g · 8.82 oz · 33.3 tbsp · 100 tsp · 493 mL by volume

Weight per US cup	120 g
As listed in the chart	1 cup = 120 g

Cups	Grams
1/4	30
1/3	40
1/2	60
2/3	80
3/4	90
1	120
2	240

What this page cannot tell you

How you fill the cup changes the weight: spooning flour in and levelling it weighs less than scooping it, and packed brown sugar weighs more than loose. Brands and grinds differ too. For baking that must come out right, a kitchen scale and the recipe's own weights are more reliable than any conversion.

How to convert grams to cups

Pick the ingredient. Flour, sugar, butter, rice and over 100 more.
Enter the amount. In grams, ounces, cups, tablespoons, teaspoons or mL.
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10 kitchen conversions this handles

European recipes in a US kitchen

A baker with only cups converts 250 g of flour.

US recipes with a scale

Someone with a scale converts 1½ cups of sugar to grams.

Butter sticks and grams

A cook converts 113 g of butter to tablespoons.

Nutrition tracking

Someone logs 1 cup of oats in grams.

Bread baking

A baker converts a bread recipe to grams for accuracy.

Rice for a crowd

A cook converts 500 g of rice to cups.

Peanut butter and honey

Sticky ingredients are weighed instead of measured.

Halving a recipe

A cook converts to grams to divide easily.

Gluten-free baking

Someone converts gluten-free flour, which weighs differently.

Teaching kids to bake

A parent shows how a cup of flour and a cup of sugar weigh differently.

Where the weights come from

Each ingredient's weight comes from King Arthur Baking's Ingredient Weight Chart, which lists grams for a stated volume (for example 1 cup of all-purpose flour = 120 g, 1 cup of granulated sugar = 198 g). The page scales each entry to one US cup and converts: 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 236.59 mL.

Grams ÷ grams per cup = cups; cups are shown as the nearest kitchen fraction (eighths and thirds) and as a decimal.

Limits: how a cup is filled changes the weight — spooned and levelled flour weighs less than scooped flour. Brands and grinds differ. Liquids such as milk and water are listed at the chart's own weights.

Sources

King Arthur Baking — Ingredient Weight Chart

Frequently asked questions

How many grams in a cup of flour?

120 g of all-purpose flour per cup in the King Arthur chart.

How many grams in a cup of sugar?

198 g of granulated white sugar.

How many cups is 250 g of flour?

About 2 cups (2.08).

How many grams in a cup of butter?

227 g (2 sticks of 113 g).

Why are grams and cups different for each ingredient?

Cups measure volume and grams measure weight; a cup of a dense ingredient weighs more.

Is a US cup the same as a metric cup?

No. A US cup is 236.6 mL; a metric cup is 250 mL. This page uses US cups.