Granulated sugar cups to grams chart
1 US cup of granulated sugar weighs 198 g, or 7 oz. Among sugars and sweeteners a cup runs from 113 g of powdered sugar to 340 g of molasses, so each one needs its own number. The weight is from King Arthur Baking, checked in November 2026.
US cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
¼ cup | 50 | 1.7 |
⅓ cup | 66 | 2.3 |
½ cup | 99 | 3.5 |
⅔ cup | 132 | 4.7 |
¾ cup | 149 | 5.2 |
1 cup | 198 | 7 |
1 ½ cups | 297 | 10.5 |
2 cups | 396 | 14 |
Granulated sugar grams to cups chart
The closest measure you can scoop with cups and spoons, and the exact amount in cups.
Grams | Kitchen measure | Cups |
|---|---|---|
50 g | ¼ cup | ¼ |
100 g | ½ cup | 0.51 |
125 g | ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons | 0.63 |
150 g | ¾ cup | ¾ |
200 g | 1 cup | 1.01 |
250 g | 1 ¼ cups | 1 ¼ |
500 g | 2 ½ cups | 2 ½ |
Granulated sugar in tablespoons and teaspoons
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar weighs 12 g and 1 teaspoon weighs 4 g. A cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
5 g | 0.4 | 1.21 |
10 g | 0.81 | 2.42 |
15 g | 1.21 | 3 ⅔ |
25 g | 2.02 | 6 |
50 g | 4.04 | 12 |
100 g | 8.08 | 24 |
How do you measure a cup of granulated sugar?
Fill the cup without pressing and level the top. How the granulated sugar settles changes what a cup weighs, so for baking a scale is the surer measure.
More conversions
All 103 ingredients in one place: the cups to grams converter.
Starting from a weight: the grams to cups converter.
Small amounts: grams to tablespoons and teaspoons.
Sugars and sweeteners: Brown sugar, Powdered sugar, Turbinado sugar, Coconut sugar, Honey.
