Kitchen conversions · Liquids and sauces

How many grams in a cup of water?

One cup of water weighs about 237 g; a tablespoon 15 g and a teaspoon 4.9 g.

Convert water

Cups, spoons or milliliters to grams, or grams and ounces back to cups.

1 cup water ≈ 237 g

Grams237 g
Ounces (weight)8.35 oz
Cups1
Tablespoons16
Teaspoons48
Milliliters237 ml

1 cup of water weighs 237 g; 1 tbsp 15 g; 1 tsp 4.9 g.

Water: cups to grams
CupsGramsOunces
⅛ cup30 g1.04 oz
¼ cup59 g2.09 oz
⅓ cup79 g2.78 oz
½ cup118 g4.17 oz
⅔ cup158 g5.56 oz
¾ cup177 g6.26 oz
1 cup237 g8.35 oz
1 ½ cups355 g12.5 oz
2 cups473 g16.7 oz
3 cups710 g25 oz
4 cups946 g33.4 oz
1 tablespoon15 g0.52 oz
1 teaspoon4.9 g0.17 oz
Water: grams to cups
GramsUS measureTablespoons
5 g1 tsp0.3
10 g2 tsp0.7
25 g1 ⅔ tbsp1.7
50 g3 ⅜ tbsp3.4
100 g⅜ cup6.8
125 g½ cup8.5
150 g⅝ cup10.1
200 g⅞ cup13.5
250 g1 cup16.9
300 g1 ¼ cups20.3
400 g1 ⅔ cups27
500 g2 ⅛ cups33.8

How to measure water

  1. Use a clear liquid measuring cup and read it at eye level.
  2. Thick sauces and pastes: spoon them in and scrape the cup clean.
  3. For the same result every time, weigh it: put the bowl on the scale, press tare, then add water to the weight above.

Where the number comes from

1 milliliter of water weighs 1 gram (at kitchen temperatures, to well within a gram a cup). A US cup is 236.6 ml.

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