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120g Water in Cups

120 grams of water is ½ cup — 236g per US cup. Doughs, sauces and grain cooking sit here. Because water weighs 1 g per ml, the cup reading and the ml reading are interchangeable.

120 g of water is

½ cup

0.51 US cups · 8.14 tbsp · 120 ml · 236 g per cup

To measure it · liquid measuring cup, at eye level

½ cup

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is ½ cup. It is about 48% of a 250 ml glass.

Water is the one ingredient where grams and millilitres match one for one, so a jug marked in ml is as accurate as a scale.

120g of water vs other ingredients

Ingredient120g in cupsPer cup
Water½ cup236 g
All-Purpose Flourabout 1 cup125 g
Granulated Sugar½ cup + 1½ tbsp200 g
Butter½ cup + 1½ tsp227 g

See all 120g conversions on the 120 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby water amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
110 g⅓ cup + 2 tbsp7.5 tbsp
112 g¼ cup + 3½ tbsp7.6 tbsp
113 gabout ½ cup7.7 tbsp
115 gabout ½ cup7.8 tbsp
125 g½ cup + 1½ tsp8.5 tbsp
130 gabout ½ cup + 1 tbsp8.8 tbsp
140 g½ cup + 1½ tbsp9.5 tbsp
150 g½ cup + 2 tbsp10.2 tbsp

Full ladder on the water grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 120g of water?

120 grams of water is ½ cup, because one US cup weighs 236 grams.

How many grams are in 1 cup of water?

One US cup of water weighs about 236 grams, one tablespoon about 14.75 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.92 grams.

How do I measure 120g of water without a scale?

Use ½ cup. Water is the one ingredient where grams and millilitres match one for one, so a jug marked in ml is as accurate as a scale.

Is it better to weigh water or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the water is packed into the cup. Without a scale, use the cup figure above and measure the same way throughout the recipe.

Weights are per US cup, read at eye level in a liquid measuring cup. How we calculate

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