Butter — Grams & Cups Converter
A US cup of butter weighs 227 g. Working back the other way, 100 g is about 1/2 cup and 250 g is about 1 1/8 cups. Use the calculator for any amount in between.
💡 Tip: Use the stick wrapper markings for accuracy: 1 stick = ½ cup = 113 g = 8 tbsp; if measuring soft butter, press out air pockets
From cups to grams: butter
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 | 28.4 | 1 |
| 1/4 | 56.8 | 2 |
| 1/3 | 75.7 | 2.67 |
| 1/2 | 114 | 4 |
| 2/3 | 151 | 5.34 |
| 3/4 | 170 | 6.01 |
| 1 | 227 | 8.01 |
| 1 1/2 | 341 | 12 |
| 2 | 454 | 16 |
Measuring butter in sticks?
US recipes measure butter in sticks: 1 stick = ½ cup = 113 g = 8 tbsp, and 1 cup = 2 sticks = 227 g. For a full sticks ↔ grams ↔ cups ↔ tablespoons chart and calculator — plus European 250 g block weights — use the butter sticks converter.
How many cups is a given weight of butter?
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 tbsp | 0.53 |
| 25 | 1 3/4 tbsp | 0.88 |
| 50 | 1/4 cup | 1.76 |
| 100 | 1/2 cup | 3.53 |
| 113 | 1/2 cup | 3.99 |
| 150 | 2/3 cup | 5.29 |
| 200 | 7/8 cup | 7.05 |
| 225 | 1 cup | 7.94 |
| 250 | 1 1/8 cups | 8.82 |
| 300 | 1 1/3 cups | 10.6 |
| 500 | 2 1/4 cups | 17.6 |
For smaller amounts: a tablespoon of butter is about 14.2 g, and a teaspoon about 4.73 g. See the full tablespoon chart for butter.
Where butter sits by weight
At 227 g per cup, butter is the heaviest of the 8 fats & oils charted here — 11% heavier per cup than lard, the lightest at 205 g.
It weighs the same per cup as margarine (227 g), so those two swap one-for-one whether you measure by cup or by scale.
Questions people ask about butter
- How many grams is 1 cup of butter?
- Reckon on 227 grams per US cup of butter — about 8.01 ounces.
- How many grams is a tablespoon of butter?
- Roughly 14.2 grams. Three teaspoons make a tablespoon, so a teaspoon is about 4.73 g.
- How many cups is 100g of butter?
- Just over or under 1/2 cup, depending how firmly you fill the cup. 100 g ÷ 227 g per cup = 1/2 cup.
- How many cups is 200g of butter?
- About 7/8 cup — that is 200 divided by the 227 g a cup weighs.
- How many cups is 250g of butter?
- Just over or under 1 1/8 cups, depending how firmly you fill the cup. 250 g ÷ 227 g per cup = 1 1/8 cups.
- How many grams is ½ cup of butter?
- 114 grams — half of the 227 g a full cup weighs.
- How many grams is ¼ cup of butter?
- 56.8 grams, a quarter of the 227 g in a full cup.
- How many ounces is 1 cup of butter?
- 1 cup of butter is about 8.01 ounces by weight (227 g).
- Why do my numbers differ slightly?
- Temperature and state matter. Solid fat straight from the fridge traps air pockets when packed into a cup, while the same fat melted pours level — so weigh it if the recipe is delicate.