Skip to content

Rice: grams to cups

One US cup of long-grain white rice, raw weighs about 185 grams, so 100 grams is about 0.54 US cups (8.65 tablespoons).

What are you measuring?

Amount in grams

Decimals and fractions work, including 1/2 and 1 1/2.

Common amounts

US measuring cups, about 236.6 mL each.

Long-grain white rice, raw

About 0.54 US cups

8.65 US tablespoons.

One US cup of long-grain white rice, raw weighs about 185 grams.

0.541 US cups
Cup scale: 1 US cupScale: 100 g

Measure the dry rice before cooking. This does not tell you how much cooked rice it will make.

Common amounts of rice

50 grams of rice

About 0.27 US cups (4.32 tablespoons).

100 grams of rice

About 0.54 US cups (8.65 tablespoons).

200 grams of rice

About 1.08 US cups (17.3 tablespoons).

250 grams of rice

About 1.35 US cups (21.62 tablespoons).

Rice grams to cups

Long-grain white rice, raw; cup amounts are estimates
Grams	US cups	Tablespoons
25 g	0.14	2.16
50 g	0.27	4.32
75 g	0.41	6.49
100 g	0.54	8.65
125 g	0.68	10.81
150 g	0.81	12.97
200 g	1.08	17.3
250 g	1.35	21.62
300 g	1.62	25.95
400 g	2.16	34.59
500 g	2.7	43.24

Rice cups to grams

Long-grain white rice, raw; one US cup is about 185 g
US cups	Grams	Ounces by weight
1/8	23.13 g	0.82
1/4	46.25 g	1.63
1/3	61.67 g	2.18
1/2	92.5 g	3.26
2/3	123.33 g	4.35
3/4	138.75 g	4.89
1	185 g	6.53
1 1/2	277.5 g	9.79
2	370 g	13.05
3	555 g	19.58
4	740 g	26.1

Same cup, different weight

Match the recipe’s wording: a packed, sifted or cooked cup weighs a different amount.

Grams in one US cup
Ingredient	Grams per cup	100 g in cups
Long-grain white rice, raw	185	0.54
Long-grain white rice, cooked	158	0.63

Measuring rice by the cup

Measure the dry rice before cooking. This does not tell you how much cooked rice it will make.

Level dry ingredients with a flat edge instead of leaving a heap, and read liquids on a flat surface at eye level. When a recipe gives grams, a kitchen scale is the surest way to match it.

Cup weight: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release 2018-04, FDC ID 168877 (Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched).

Updated September 27, 2026 · The Well Stocked Kitchen