Grams of water to tablespoons runs on one number, 0.06779661 tablespoons per gram. It is a measured property of this ingredient rather than a defined conversion, which is why a generic volume-to-weight tool cannot give you it.
Put next to water — 1 g per mL exactly — water measures 0.99751 g per mL. That ratio, 99.75%, is what separates this page from every other ingredient in the same units, and it is measured rather than defined.
A level tablespoon of water is 14.75 g, which puts a teaspoon at 4.917 g and a tablespoon and a half — the quantity recipes are fondest of — at 22.12 g. Levelling twice is where the error comes from, so the scale is the faster instrument once the quantity passes a couple of spoons.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 0.424% of a cup of water, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 2.119 cups, and a 1 kg pack 4.237.
What the number depends on: The reference case. A US cup is 236.6 mL and water is 1 g per mL, so the two numbers are the same and every other ingredient can be read against it.
The formula
grams- The amount of water you are converting, in grams
0.0677966101695- Tablespoons per gram for water, from its density of 0.99751 g/mL
tablespoons- The equivalent quantity in tablespoons
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.0677966101695, the tablespoons-per-gram figure for water.
- The result appears in tablespoons, with a second reading in tsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of water in tablespoons
A recipe calling for 50 g of water needs 3.38983 tablespoons on the scale. The arithmetic is 50 × 0.06779661 = 3.3898305, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 1.69492 tablespoons.
150 g of water in tablespoons
A recipe calling for 150 g of water needs 10.1695 tablespoons on the scale. The arithmetic is 150 × 0.06779661 = 10.169492, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 5.08475 tablespoons.
500 g of water in tablespoons
500 g of water weighs out at 33.8983 tablespoons. Divide 33.8983 by 0.06779661 and you get back to 500 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
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Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons are in 1 g of water?
One gram of water is 0.06779661 tablespoons. Half that quantity is 0.0338983 tablespoons and double it is 0.135593 tablespoons, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of water not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Water has a density of 0.99751 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 236 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 0.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Barely. Water does not compress, so a cup of it is 236 g however it is poured — within about 1%, which is inside the accuracy of a domestic scale. This is the group where measuring by volume is defensible.
Is a fluid ounce of water the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of water weighs 1.041 oz, so the two readings differ by 4.06%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of water would weigh 249.38 g instead of 236 g — 13.4 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
A scale, if the result matters. Volume measuring carries a spread of about 1% for water — roughly 2.36 g on a 236 g cup — while a domestic scale is accurate to a gram or two. For anything where the ratio of ingredients drives the outcome, bread and pastry above all, weigh it.
How much does 3 tbsp of water weigh?
3 tbsp of water comes to 44.25 g, or 44.25 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the tablespoons-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Water in grams and tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 0.338983 tbsp | 0.3389830508 |
| 10 g | 0.677966 tbsp | 0.6779661017 |
| 25 g | 1.69492 tbsp | 1.694915254 |
| 50 g | 3.38983 tbsp | 3.389830508 |
| 100 g | 6.77966 tbsp | 6.779661017 |
| 125 g | 8.47458 tbsp | 8.474576271 |
| 150 g | 10.1695 tbsp | 10.16949153 |
| 200 g | 13.5593 tbsp | 13.55932203 |
| 250 g | 16.9492 tbsp | 16.94915254 |
| 300 g | 20.339 tbsp | 20.33898305 |
| 500 g | 33.8983 tbsp | 33.89830508 |
| 1000 g | 67.7966 tbsp | 67.79661017 |
Based on 236 g per cup of water. One gram of water is 0.06779661 tablespoons.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 236 g | 8.32 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 14.75 g | 0.52 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 9.833 g | 0.347 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 4.917 g | 0.173 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 3.688 g | 0.13 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 2.458 g | 0.0867 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 1.229 g | 0.0434 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.6146 g | 0.0217 oz | 0.6161 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coconut oil | 218 g | 7.69 oz | 0.9214 |
| Mayonnaise | 220 g | 7.76 oz | 0.9299 |
| Cream cheese | 227 g | 8.007 oz | 0.9595 |
| Water (this page) | 236 g | 8.325 oz | 0.9975 |
| Heavy cream | 238 g | 8.395 oz | 1.006 |
| Vinegar | 239 g | 8.43 oz | 1.01 |
| Sour cream | 240 g | 8.466 oz | 1.014 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.