Cup & Gram

Grams of Butter to Cups

One US cup of butter weighs 227 grams. To convert grams of butter to cups, divide the grams by 227 — so 100 g is ½ cup and 227 g is exactly 1 cup.

250 g Butter = 1 ⅛ cups

Exactly 1.1 cups — or measure 1 cup + 2 tbsp.

Butter cups-to-grams chart

US cups of butter to grams (227 g per cup)
CupsGramsOunces
¼ cups 57 g 2 oz
⅓ cups 76 g 2.7 oz
½ cups 114 g 4 oz
⅔ cups 151 g 5.3 oz
¾ cups 170 g 6 oz
1 cup 227 g 8 oz
1½ cups 341 g 12 oz
2 cups 454 g 16 oz

How to measure butter

In the US, butter is easiest to measure by the wrapper: one stick is ½ cup = 8 tbsp = 113 g, and the wrapper is printed with tablespoon marks. For amounts that aren’t clean stick fractions, weigh it — cutting soft butter into a measuring cup traps air pockets.

Grams of butter to cups — every amount

Other ingredients

Density 227 g/cup — sources: King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart, USDA FoodData Central. Data verified 2026-08-20. Methodology.