Cup & Gram

2 Cups of Sugar in Grams

2 cups of granulated sugar weighs 400 grams (about 14.1 oz), based on 200 g per US cup (level cup). That's the same as 32 tablespoons of granulated sugar. When a recipe's outcome depends on accuracy — especially baking — weigh it instead of measuring by cup.

2 cups is a US pint by volume. Cup-measuring it doubles whatever error one cup carries, so if you own a scale this is the point where it starts to pay.

How much is 2 cups of granulated sugar?

2 cups of granulated sugar in every unit
Grams400 g
Ounces (weight)14.1 oz
Tablespoons32 tbsp
Teaspoons96 tsp
Density used200 g per US cup

No 2 cups measure? Use spoons

2 cups is exactly 32 tablespoons, which is 400 g of granulated sugar. Measuring spoons are stamped to a tighter tolerance than cups, so for small amounts the spoon route is usually the more accurate one even when you do own the cup.

Halving and doubling 2 cups

Scaling a recipe is the usual reason this conversion comes up, and grams scale cleanly where cup fractions do not:

Scaling 2 cups of granulated sugar
RecipeCupsGramsSpoons
Half 1 cup 200 g 16 tablespoons
As written 2 cups 400 g 32 tablespoons
Double 4 cups 800 g 64 tablespoons

Nearby amounts

Cups of granulated sugar to grams (200 g per cup)
CupsGramsOunces
1 cup 200 g 7.1 oz
1½ cups 300 g 10.6 oz
2 cups 400 g 14.1 oz
3 cups 600 g 21.2 oz

Every cup fraction of sugar in grams — the full chart.

How to measure 2 cup of granulated sugar

Granulated sugar flows evenly, so scoop-and-level is fine — it settles to nearly the same weight however you fill the cup. That makes sugar the most forgiving ingredient to measure by volume; a level cup is 200 g within a gram or two.

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Convert another amount

250 cups Granulated sugar = 50000 g

Based on 200 g per US cup.

Reverse conversion: grams of sugar to cups.

Density 200 g/cup — sources: USDA FoodData Central, King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart. Data verified 2026-08-20. Methodology.