1¼ Cups of Sugar in Grams
250 g in a US cup — and what that figure assumes
1¼ cups of granulated sugar weighs 250 grams, measured in a US cup.
That figure comes from one number: a full US cup of granulated sugar is 200 g. Everything else on this page is that number scaled.
Granulated sugar does not compact the way flour does, so scooping and spooning give almost the same weight. Fill the cup and level it off.
Whose cup you mean changes the answer. A 250 ml metric cup — the standard in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — is 5.7% larger than the 236.6 ml US cup, so one and a quarter cups of granulated sugar is 264 g there rather than 250 g.
1¼ cups of sugar in each cup standard
| Cup standard | Size | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| US customary | 236.6 ml | 250 g | 8.82 oz |
| Metric (UK, AU, NZ, CA) | 250 ml | 264 g | 9.32 oz |
| Imperial (older UK) | 284 ml | 300 g | 10.59 oz |
A recipe that just says "cups" is almost always American. If yours came from a British, Australian or New Zealand source, take the metric row — on a 250 g measure the gap is 14.2 g.
Halving and doubling sugar
Recipes get scaled more often than they get followed exactly. These are the portions of granulated sugar a cook actually reaches for, already weighed out.
| Cups | Grams | Ounces | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 50 g | 1.76 oz | 4 |
| ⅓ cup | 66.7 g | 2.35 oz | 5.33 |
| ½ cup | 100 g | 3.53 oz | 8 |
| ⅔ cup | 133 g | 4.70 oz | 10.67 |
| ¾ cup | 150 g | 5.29 oz | 12 |
| 1 cup | 200 g | 7.05 oz | 16 |
| 1½ cups | 300 g | 10.58 oz | 24 |
| 2 cups | 400 g | 14.11 oz | 32 |
| 3 cups | 600 g | 21.16 oz | 48 |
1¼ cups of sugar in other units
| Unit | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grams | 250 g |
| Ounces (weight) | 8.82 oz |
| Pounds | 0.551 lb |
| Tablespoons | 20 |
| Teaspoons | 60 |
| Millilitres (the space it fills) | 296 ml |
This is white granulated sugar at 200 g per cup. Caster sugar is finer and packs to 225 g, and powdered sugar is much lighter at 120 g, so those are different conversions.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1¼ cups of sugar?
1¼ cups of granulated sugar is 250 grams in a US cup, based on 200 g per full cup. In a 250 ml metric cup it is 264 g.
Is that weighed or measured?
Measured, then weighed on a scale. Granulated sugar does not compact the way flour does, so scooping and spooning give almost the same weight. Fill the cup and level it off. A scale skips the question, which is why recipes that care about the result give grams.
How many tablespoons is 1¼ cups of sugar?
20 tablespoons, or 60 teaspoons — 12.5 g per tablespoon for granulated sugar.
How many ounces is 1¼ cups of sugar?
8.82 ounces by weight. That is not the same as fluid ounces — 1¼ cups is 10 US fluid ounces of space, whatever is filling it.
Why do different sites give different grams for 1¼ cups of sugar?
Because a cup is a volume and the weight depends on how it was filled, and on whose cup. This site uses 200 g per US cup. This is white granulated sugar at 200 g per cup. Caster sugar is finer and packs to 225 g, and powdered sugar is much lighter at 120 g, so those are different conversions.