Kitchen conversions

Convert cups, spoons, grams, ounces and millilitres for eight common ingredients, and oven temperatures between °C, °F and gas mark.


Cup = 236.6 ml (US). Weights per US cup: flour 125 g, sugar 200 g, packed brown sugar 220 g, butter 227 g, uncooked long-grain rice 185 g, oil 218 g, honey 340 g. Spooned and levelled flour; your scoop may differ by 10%.

Oven temperatures

Gas mark °C °F
1 140 275
2 150 300
3 170 325
4 180 350
5 190 375
6 200 400
7 220 425
8 230 450
9 240 475

Fan (convection) ovens: many manufacturers suggest about 20 °C (25 °F) lower. Check your oven’s manual.

Weights used

One US cup is 236.6 ml. Per cup: all-purpose flour 125 g (spooned and levelled), granulated sugar 200 g, packed brown sugar 220 g, butter 227 g, uncooked long-grain rice 185 g, vegetable oil 218 g, honey 340 g. Ingredient weights vary, so treat flour and sugar figures as close, not exact.