Butter: Cups to Grams
Quick answer: One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams (8 oz), and one tablespoon about 14 g.
US recipes measure butter in cups; the rest of the world weighs it. Convert any amount in either direction — and measure it the way the chart assumes: skip the cup — US wrappers are printed with tablespoon marks, and 1 cup is exactly 2 sticks.
Butter conversion chart
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|
| ¼ cup | 57 g | 2 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 76 g | 2.7 oz |
| ½ cup | 114 g | 4 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 151 g | 5.3 oz |
| ¾ cup | 170 g | 6 oz |
| 1 cup | 227 g | 8 oz |
| 1½ cups | 341 g | 12 oz |
| 2 cups | 454 g | 16 oz |
How it works
Cups measure volume and grams measure weight, so the conversion runs through density: butter packs about 227 g into a US cup (237 ml). Volume is only as accurate as your technique — skip the cup — US wrappers are printed with tablespoon marks, and 1 cup is exactly 2 sticks. That variability is exactly why serious baking recipes list grams, and why a $15 kitchen scale upgrades every bake. If your recipe uses metric cups (250 ml), the weights run about 5% higher.
Frequently asked
How many grams are in a cup of butter?
About 227 grams (8 oz) per US cup, measured properly. A tablespoon is about 14 g.
How many cups is 250 g of butter?
About 1.1 cups. Divide any gram amount by 227 to get cups — or flip the converter above to grams and it does it for you.
How many sticks is a cup of butter?
Two. A US stick is ½ cup / 8 tbsp / ~113 g, and four sticks make a pound. Our butter converter handles sticks directly.
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