Baking conversions
Granulated Sugar: cups to grams
Granulated sugar has hard, uniform crystals that do not compress much, so cup measurements are far more reliable than they are for flour.
Granulated Sugar cups to grams
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 25 g | 0.87 oz |
| ¼ cup | 50 g | 1.75 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 66 g | 2.33 oz |
| ½ cup | 99 g | 3.49 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 132 g | 4.66 oz |
| ¾ cup | 149 g | 5.24 oz |
| 1 cup | 198 g | 6.98 oz |
| 1½ cups | 297 g | 10.48 oz |
| 2 cups | 396 g | 13.97 oz |
| 3 cups | 594 g | 20.95 oz |
| 4 cups | 792 g | 27.94 oz |
Granulated Sugar grams to cups
| Grams | Cups | Tbsp |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.13 | 2.0 |
| 50 g | 0.25 | 4.0 |
| 100 g | 0.51 | 8.1 |
| 125 g | 0.63 | 10.1 |
| 150 g | 0.76 | 12.1 |
| 200 g | 1.01 | 16.2 |
| 250 g | 1.26 | 20.2 |
| 300 g | 1.52 | 24.2 |
| 400 g | 2.02 | 32.3 |
| 500 g | 2.53 | 40.4 |
Cup standards compared
Convert cooking volumes
The charts above cover weight. If you also need to move between cups, decilitres, millilitres and spoons, this converts any volume:
1 cup (US) in every unit
A US cup is 236.6 ml, a metric cup is 250 ml and a UK tablespoon is larger than a US one — so the system your recipe was written in matters. Pick the matching unit rather than assuming.
Questions
How many grams is 1 cup of granulated sugar?
One US cup of granulated sugar weighs 198 grams. That works out to a density of about 0.84 g per mL.
How many cups is 100 g of granulated sugar?
100 g of granulated sugar is about 0.51 cups, or roughly 8.1 tablespoons.
Why can’t I convert cups to grams directly?
A cup measures volume and a gram measures weight, so the conversion depends entirely on the ingredient. A cup of granulated sugar is 198 g, but a cup of honey is 340 g and a cup of cocoa powder is only 84 g.
Does the cup size matter?
Yes. A US customary cup is 236.59 mL, a US legal cup is 240 mL and a metric cup is 250 mL. Using a metric cup for granulated sugar gives 209 g instead of 198 g — about 6 percent more.