500 Grams of Rice to Cups
2⅔ cups in a US cup — and what that looks like with a measuring spoon
500 grams of uncooked white rice is 2⅔ cups in a US cup. In the kitchen that is 2½ cups, 3 tablespoons plus ¾ teaspoon.
Grams weigh and cups fill, so the answer only exists once you say what is in the cup. A US cup of uncooked white rice weighs 185 g, and every figure on this page comes from that one number.
It also depends on whose cup you mean. In a 250 ml metric cup — the standard in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — 500 g of uncooked white rice is 2½ cups, because that cup holds about 5.7% more than the 236.6 ml US cup.
Round to the nearest measure in a standard cup set — 2¾ cups — and you are 9 g over, about 2% of the amount.
500 g of rice in each cup standard
| Cup standard | Size | Grams per cup | Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| US customary | 236.6 ml | 185 g | 2⅔ |
| Metric (UK, AU, NZ, CA) | 250 ml | 195 g | 2½ |
| Imperial (older UK) | 284 ml | 222 g | 2¼ |
A recipe that says "cups" without saying which one is almost always American. If it came from a British, Australian or New Zealand source, use the metric row.
How to measure 500 g of rice without scales
This is dry, uncooked long-grain white rice, poured into the cup and levelled. Do not press it down.
Rice roughly triples in volume as it cooks, so this figure is for the dry grain. Cooked rice is about 186 g per cup — nearly the same weight, but a very different amount of food.
- Build it as 2½ cups, 3 tablespoons plus ¾ teaspoon rather than guessing at 2⅔ of a cup.
- 500 g is 43.24 tablespoons of uncooked white rice, at 11.56 g per tablespoon.
- A digital scale removes the question entirely, and costs less than the ingredients it saves.
Nearby amounts of rice
| Grams | US cups | Metric cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150 g | 0.81 | ¾ | 12.97 |
| 200 g | 1⅛ | 1 | 17.3 |
| 250 g | 1⅓ | 1¼ | 21.62 |
| 300 g | 1⅝ | 1½ | 25.95 |
| 350 g | 1⅞ | 1¾ | 30.27 |
| 400 g | 2⅛ | 2.05 | 34.59 |
| 450 g | 2⅜ | 2⅓ | 38.92 |
| 600 g | 3¼ | 3⅛ | 51.89 |
500 g of something else
The same 500 g is a different number of cups for every ingredient, because they do not weigh the same for their size.
| Ingredient | Grams per US cup | US cups |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 125 g | 4 |
| Sugar | 200 g | 2½ |
| Butter | 227 g | 2¼ |
| Water | 237 g | 2⅛ |
| Milk | 244 g | 2.05 |
| Powdered Sugar | 120 g | 4⅛ |
500 grams in other units
| Unit | Amount |
|---|---|
| US cups | 2⅔ |
| Tablespoons | 43.24 |
| Teaspoons | 129.7 |
| Ounces (weight) | 17.64 oz |
| Pounds | 1.10 lb |
| Millilitres (volume it fills) | 639 ml |
Frequently asked questions
How many cups is 500 grams of rice?
500 grams of uncooked white rice is 2⅔ cups in a US cup, based on 185 g per cup. A 250 ml metric cup gives 2½ cups.
What is the easiest way to measure 500 g of rice?
2½ cups, 3 tablespoons plus ¾ teaspoon — built from a standard cup and spoon set. This is dry, uncooked long-grain white rice, poured into the cup and levelled. Do not press it down.
Is 500 g of rice the same in cups in the UK?
No. A UK, Australian, New Zealand or Canadian metric cup is 250 ml against the US cup's 236.6 ml, so 500 g of uncooked white rice is 2½ cups there and 2⅔ cups in the US.
Can I just use 2¾ cups instead?
2¾ cups of uncooked white rice weighs about 509 g, so you would be 9 g over. For a sauce or a soup that is fine; for a cake, where the flour-to-liquid ratio sets the crumb, weigh it.
How many ounces is 500 grams?
500 grams is 17.64 ounces by weight. Unlike cups, that answer is the same whatever you are measuring — ounces weigh, fluid ounces fill, and they are not the same unit.