Water: Cups to Grams
One US cup (240 ml) of water weighs about 240 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 water, us legal cup
1 cup water = 240 g (cupsngrams.com)
Based on water at 240 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.
Water conversion table
| Cups | Grams | Millilitres | Tablespoons | Ounces (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 60 g | 60 ml | 4 tbsp | 2.12 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 80 g | 80 ml | 5.33 tbsp | 2.82 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 120 g | 120 ml | 8 tbsp | 4.23 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 160 g | 160 ml | 10.7 tbsp | 5.64 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 180 g | 180 ml | 12 tbsp | 6.35 oz |
| 1 cup | 240 g | 240 ml | 16 tbsp | 8.47 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 360 g | 360 ml | 24 tbsp | 12.7 oz |
| 2 cups | 480 g | 480 ml | 32 tbsp | 16.9 oz |
| 2 1/2 cups | 600 g | 600 ml | 40 tbsp | 21.2 oz |
| 3 cups | 720 g | 720 ml | 48 tbsp | 25.4 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 water weighs about 8.47 oz. Why these two are not the same.
In grams, 1/4 cup of water is about 60 g, 1/3 cup is about 80 g, 1/2 cup is about 120 g, 2/3 cup is about 160 g, 3/4 cup is about 180 g, 1 cup is about 240 g, 1 1/2 cups is about 360 g, 2 cups is about 480 g and 3 cups is about 720 g.
A tablespoon of water is about 15 grams, and a teaspoon is about 5 grams.
About measuring water
Water is the reference point for every other conversion, because by definition one millilitre of water weighs one gram. One US cup is 240 millilitres, so a cup of water weighs about 240 grams. Every other ingredient is measured against this benchmark: flour is far lighter for the same volume, honey much heavier. When you want to sanity check a conversion, comparing it to water is the quickest gut check there is.
Water is the benchmark: 1 millilitre weighs 1 gram, so a US cup is about 240 grams.
How many grams is a cup of water?
One US cup (240 ml) of water weighs about 240 grams. Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, that figure is specific to water 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 water is about 60 grams
- 1/3 cup of water is about 80 grams
- 1/2 cup of water is about 120 grams
- 2/3 cup of water is about 160 grams
- 3/4 cup of water is about 180 grams
- 1 1/2 cups of water is about 360 grams
- 2 cups of water is about 480 grams
- 3 cups of water is about 720 grams
Working the other way round, 100 grams of water is about 0.417 cups, and 500 grams is about 2.08 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 water comes to about 250 grams, and the old British imperial cup of 284.1 ml holds about 284 grams. See cup sizes by country for every standard side by side.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of water?
One US cup of water is about 240 grams, because a US cup is 240 millilitres and one millilitre of water weighs one gram.
Is a cup of water the same as 250 ml?
Not quite. A US cup is 240 ml, while a metric cup is 250 ml. The 10 ml difference is worth knowing when you follow recipes from different countries.
How many grams is a tablespoon of water?
About 15 grams, since a US tablespoon is 15 millilitres and water weighs one gram per millilitre.
Where this figure comes from
We have not yet found a published reference that states a weight for a cup of water. The 240 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.