Cup & Gram

500 Grams to Cups

500 grams is 4 ⅛ cups of all-purpose flour, 2 ½ cups of granulated sugar, or 2 ¼ cups of butter — grams measure weight, cups measure volume, so the answer always depends on the ingredient's density. Find yours in the table below; every density is verified against King Arthur and USDA data.

500 g is also 17.6 oz by weight. For water and thin liquids, 500 g is simply 500 ml.

500 grams to cups, by ingredient

500 g in US cups (2026-08-20 verified densities)
IngredientCupsDecimalMeasure it as
all-purpose flour 4 ⅛ cups 4.17 4 cups + 3 tbsp
granulated sugar 2 ½ cups 2.5 2 cups + 8 tbsp
powdered sugar 4 ⅛ cups 4.17 4 cups + 3 tbsp
brown sugar (packed) 2 ⅓ cups 2.35 2 cups + 6 tbsp
honey 1 ½ cups 1.47 1 cup + 8 tbsp
butter 2 ¼ cups 2.2 2 cups + 3 tbsp
milk (whole) 2 cups 2.04 2 cups + 1 tbsp
uncooked white rice 2 ⅔ cups 2.7 2 cups + 11 tbsp
rolled oats 5 ⅝ cups 5.62 5 cups + 10 tbsp
chocolate chips 3 cups 2.94 2 cups + 15 tbsp
cocoa powder 6 cups 5.95 5 cups + 15 tbsp
water 2 ⅛ cups 2.08 2 cups + 1 tbsp

Why the ingredient changes the answer

A US cup is a fixed volume (about 237 ml), but a cup of flour weighs 120 g while a cup of honey weighs 340 g — density is the whole game. That's also why there's no single "grams to cups" conversion factor, and why our converter asks for the ingredient first.

Convert another amount

250 g All-purpose flour = 2 ⅛ cups

Exactly 2.08 cups — or measure 2 cups + 1 tbsp.

Nearby amounts

Ingredient-specific charts: flour · sugar · butter · all ingredients · Reverse: cups to grams

Data verified 2026-08-20 · Methodology & sources