How Many Grams in a Cup of Coconut Oil?
One cup of coconut oil weighs 218 grams — measured melted, which is the only state in which a cup of it means anything. Scooped solid, the same cup can be off by 20 grams either way. Below are the full tables, a converter for any amount, and how to melt and measure it honestly.
Convert coconut oil instantly
This converter uses the same chef-reviewed database as our Cups to Grams converter for all 128 ingredients. Weights assume a US cup of 236.588 ml; see our methodology and sources.
Cups to grams: coconut oil
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 55 g |
| ⅓ cup | 73 g |
| ½ cup | 109 g |
| ⅔ cup | 145 g |
| ¾ cup | 164 g |
| 1 cup | 218 g |
| 1½ cups | 327 g |
| 2 cups | 436 g |
| 3 cups | 654 g |
| Measure | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 13.6 g |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.54 g |
| 1 cup in ounces | 7.7 oz |
Grams to cups: coconut oil
| Grams | Cups (decimal) | Cups (fraction) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.23 cups | ¼ cups |
| 100 g | 0.46 cups | ½ cups |
| 125 g | 0.57 cups | ⅝ cups |
| 150 g | 0.69 cups | ⅔ cups |
| 200 g | 0.92 cups | ⅞ cups |
| 250 g | 1.15 cups | 1 ⅛ cups |
| 300 g | 1.38 cups | 1 ⅜ cups |
| 400 g | 1.83 cups | 1 ⅞ cups |
| 500 g | 2.29 cups | 2 ⅓ cups |
Working with more than one ingredient? The grams in a cup chart puts 40 ingredients in one table, and the Whole Recipe Converter converts a full ingredient list in a single paste.
How to measure coconut oil properly
Melt first, then measure. Coconut oil flips between solid and liquid around 24 °C, so the same jar is two ingredients depending on the weather. For the 218-gram cup, melt it gently and pour — or weigh it solid into the pan and melt it there, since the weight does not change, only the volume does.
Weigh it into the pan. Melted oil clings to jugs. Put the pan or bowl on the scale, add solid pieces until it reads the gram figure, then melt — every gram lands in the dish, and there is no oily measure to wash.
It swaps with other oils by weight. At 218 grams a cup, melted coconut oil matches vegetable oil exactly and olive oil within 2 grams, so oil swaps are gram-for-gram. What changes is behaviour: coconut oil sets firm when cold, which is why it makes raw slices and frostings sliceable.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in a cup of coconut oil?
218 grams, measured melted. That is the figure in the GramChef database and it matches vegetable oil exactly — both are nearly pure fat. Solid coconut oil scooped into a cup is too variable to tabulate honestly.
How many grams are in a tablespoon of coconut oil?
13.6 grams, melted — the same as a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Solid spoonfuls depend on how the spoon was filled, so for the spoon-sized amounts in stir-fries and baking, melt and pour or weigh.
Can I substitute coconut oil for butter by weight?
Mostly, with the same adjustment as any oil: butter is about 80 percent fat, so use roughly 80 grams of coconut oil for every 100 grams of butter and add a spoonful of liquid to replace butter's water. The coconut flavour is faint in refined oil and obvious in virgin.