Olive Oil: Cups to Grams
One US cup (240 ml) of olive oil weighs about 216 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 cups of olive oil, us legal cup
1 cup olive oil = 216 g (cupsngrams.com)
Based on olive oil at 216 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.
Olive Oil conversion table
| Cups | Grams | Millilitres | Tablespoons | Ounces (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 54 g | 60 ml | 4 tbsp | 1.9 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 72 g | 80 ml | 5.33 tbsp | 2.54 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 108 g | 120 ml | 8 tbsp | 3.81 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 144 g | 160 ml | 10.7 tbsp | 5.08 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 162 g | 180 ml | 12 tbsp | 5.71 oz |
| 1 cup | 216 g | 240 ml | 16 tbsp | 7.62 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 324 g | 360 ml | 24 tbsp | 11.4 oz |
| 2 cups | 432 g | 480 ml | 32 tbsp | 15.2 oz |
| 2 1/2 cups | 540 g | 600 ml | 40 tbsp | 19 oz |
| 3 cups | 648 g | 720 ml | 48 tbsp | 22.9 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 olive oil weighs about 7.62 oz. Why these two are not the same.
In grams, 1/4 cup of olive oil is about 54 g, 1/3 cup is about 72 g, 1/2 cup is about 108 g, 2/3 cup is about 144 g, 3/4 cup is about 162 g, 1 cup is about 216 g, 1 1/2 cups is about 324 g, 2 cups is about 432 g and 3 cups is about 648 g.
A tablespoon of olive oil is about 13.5 grams, and a teaspoon is about 4.5 grams.
About measuring olive oil
Olive oil is lighter than water, so one US cup weighs about 216 grams, close to other cooking oils but a touch heavier because of its higher natural density. It measures cleanly by volume with a liquid measuring cup or spoon, but weighing is handy in baking recipes where you are already putting flour and sugar on a scale and want to keep everything in one system. Extra virgin, virgin and light olive oil all sit close enough in density to use the same figure.
Weigh olive oil straight into the bowl when a baking recipe is already scaled in grams, to keep one consistent workflow.
How many grams is a cup of olive oil?
One US cup (240 ml) of olive oil weighs about 216 grams. Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, that figure is specific to olive oil 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 olive oil is about 54 grams
- 1/3 cup of olive oil is about 72 grams
- 1/2 cup of olive oil is about 108 grams
- 2/3 cup of olive oil is about 144 grams
- 3/4 cup of olive oil is about 162 grams
- 1 1/2 cups of olive oil is about 324 grams
- 2 cups of olive oil is about 432 grams
- 3 cups of olive oil is about 648 grams
Working the other way round, 100 grams of olive oil is about 0.463 cups, and 500 grams is about 2.31 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 olive oil comes to about 225 grams, and the old British imperial cup of 284.1 ml holds about 256 grams. See cup sizes by country for every standard side by side.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of olive oil?
One US cup of olive oil is about 216 grams. It is lighter than water, but a shade heavier than most other vegetable oils for the same volume.
Is olive oil heavier than vegetable oil?
Slightly. A cup of olive oil is about 216 grams versus roughly 218 grams for vegetable oil, so the two are close enough to treat as interchangeable by weight.
How many grams is a tablespoon of olive oil?
About 13.5 grams. A cup of olive oil is around 216 grams and holds 16 tablespoons, so each tablespoon works out to roughly 13.5 grams.
Where this figure comes from
We have not yet found a published reference that states a weight for a cup of olive oil. The 216 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.