Milk: Cups to Grams
One US cup (240 ml) of milk weighs about 244 grams, based on its typical kitchen density. Convert any amount below, or use the reference table for common cup fractions.
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1 cup milk = 244 g (cupsngrams.com)
Based on milk at 244 g per US cup.
Cup standard: US legal cup (240 ml)
Baking from a UK, Australian or New Zealand recipe? Their cup is not the American one. Pick the standard your recipe assumes and every cup figure above follows it.
Milk conversion table
| Cups | Grams | Millilitres | Tablespoons | Ounces (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 61 g | 60 ml | 4 tbsp | 2.15 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 81.3 g | 80 ml | 5.33 tbsp | 2.87 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 122 g | 120 ml | 8 tbsp | 4.3 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 163 g | 160 ml | 10.7 tbsp | 5.74 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 183 g | 180 ml | 12 tbsp | 6.46 oz |
| 1 cup | 244 g | 240 ml | 16 tbsp | 8.61 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 366 g | 360 ml | 24 tbsp | 12.9 oz |
| 2 cups | 488 g | 480 ml | 32 tbsp | 17.2 oz |
| 2 1/2 cups | 610 g | 600 ml | 40 tbsp | 21.5 oz |
| 3 cups | 732 g | 720 ml | 48 tbsp | 25.8 oz |
Ounces here are ounces of weight (1 oz = 28.35 g), not fluid ounces. One US cup is 8 fluid ounces of volume whatever is in it, but what it weighs in ounces depends on the ingredient: a cup of milk weighs about 8.61 oz. Why these two are not the same.
In grams, 1/4 cup of milk is about 61 g, 1/3 cup is about 81 g, 1/2 cup is about 122 g, 2/3 cup is about 163 g, 3/4 cup is about 183 g, 1 cup is about 244 g, 1 1/2 cups is about 366 g, 2 cups is about 488 g and 3 cups is about 732 g.
A tablespoon of milk is about 15.3 grams, and a teaspoon is about 5.1 grams.
About measuring milk
Milk is mostly water with some fat, protein and sugar dissolved in it, so it is a little denser than plain water. One US cup weighs about 244 grams. For most recipes you can measure milk by volume with a liquid measuring cup and be perfectly accurate, but weighing is handy when you want a single scale-based workflow for the whole recipe. Whole, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk all weigh close enough to treat the same.
Milk is slightly heavier than water. For liquids, a proper liquid measuring cup is very accurate.
How many grams is a cup of milk?
One US cup (240 ml) of milk weighs about 244 grams. Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, that figure is specific to milk and does not transfer to any other ingredient: the same cup holds 125 grams of all-purpose flour and 340 grams of honey.
- 1/4 cup of milk is about 61 grams
- 1/3 cup of milk is about 81 grams
- 1/2 cup of milk is about 122 grams
- 2/3 cup of milk is about 163 grams
- 3/4 cup of milk is about 183 grams
- 1 1/2 cups of milk is about 366 grams
- 2 cups of milk is about 488 grams
- 3 cups of milk is about 732 grams
Working the other way round, 100 grams of milk is about 0.41 cups, and 500 grams is about 2.05 cups.
Does it matter which cup my recipe means?
It does, though less than the ingredient itself. This page uses the US legal cup of 240 ml. An Australian metric cup is 250 ml, so a metric cup of milk comes to about 254 grams, and the old British imperial cup of 284.1 ml holds about 289 grams. See cup sizes by country for every standard side by side.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of milk?
One US cup of milk is about 244 grams. It is a little denser than water because of the fat, protein and sugar dissolved in it.
Does whole milk weigh more than skim?
The difference is tiny. Fat is lighter than water, so whole milk is a fraction lighter than skim, but 244 grams per cup works well for all of them.
Can I weigh milk instead of measuring it?
Yes. Weighing milk to 244 grams per cup lets you build an entire recipe on the scale without switching to a liquid measuring cup.
Where this figure comes from
We have not yet found a published reference that states a weight for a cup of milk. The 244 grams on this page follows the calibration the rest of the site is built on, with butter at 227 grams per cup, water at 240, all-purpose flour at 125 and granulated sugar at 200. Treat it as a good working figure rather than a cited one. If you have a better source, tell us and we will check it and credit you.
Published figures for the same ingredient vary between references anyway, because how an ingredient is packed changes what a cup of it weighs. Treat any cup figure as accurate to within a few percent, and weigh on a scale when a recipe is sensitive. Our full approach is on the methodology page.
Figures last verified . Compiled by the CupsToGrams editorial team at FusionStudios. Spotted a value that looks off? Tell us.