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Kitchen conversions: cups, spoons and oven temperatures

Kitchen conversions: US cups and spoons in metric, Swedish kitchen measures and oven temperatures.

Everything you need to convert measurements in the kitchen: US cups and spoons, the Swedish kitchen measures, weights from American recipes and oven temperatures in Fahrenheit. The converter works instantly, and the tables below work without it.

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US measures in metric

US measure Metric
1 cup 2.37 dl (236.6 ml)
1/2 cup 1.18 dl
1/4 cup 0.59 dl
1 tablespoon (tbsp) 14.8 ml
1 teaspoon (tsp) 4.9 ml
1 fluid ounce (fl oz) 2.96 cl
1 pint 4.73 dl
1 ounce (oz), weight 28.3 g
1 pound (lb) 453.6 g
1 stick of butter (1/4 pound) 113 g

“Ounce” means two different things. In a list of weights it is 28.3 grams. A fluid ounce, or fl oz, is a volume of 2.96 cl. The guide to US recipe measurements converts a whole recipe.

Swedish kitchen measures

Swedish recipes use exact metric spoons. How they compare with US and Australian spoons is in the guide to spoon measures.

Measure Abbreviation Millilitres
Kryddmått (spice measure) krm 1 ml
Tesked (teaspoon) tsk 5 ml
Matsked (tablespoon) msk 15 ml
Deciliter dl 100 ml

Oven temperature: Fahrenheit to Celsius

Rounded to the steps on a normal oven dial. For exact values use the Fahrenheit to Celsius converter.

Fahrenheit Celsius, exact Celsius, on the dial
300 °F 149 °C 150 °C
325 °F 163 °C 165 °C
350 °F 177 °C 175 °C
375 °F 191 °C 190 °C
400 °F 204 °C 200 °C
425 °F 218 °C 220 °C
450 °F 232 °C 230 °C

Recipe temperatures usually assume a conventional oven. With a fan oven, most people lower the temperature a little. Follow your oven’s own guidance. Gas marks and fan ovens are covered in the guide to oven temperatures.

Decilitres to grams

What a decilitre weighs depends on the ingredient. Flour is light and milk weighs almost the same as water, so no single factor converts volume to weight. This is what 1 dl of common ingredients weighs:

Ingredient Grams per decilitre Source
Wheat flour 56 g Livsmedelsverket
Teff flour, light 61 g Livsmedelsverket
Potato starch 70 g Arla
Granulated sugar 85 g Dansukker
Icing sugar 60 g Dansukker
Brown sugar 75 g Dansukker
Golden syrup 120 g Arla
Butter, firm 95 g Arla
Rolled oats 39 g Livsmedelsverket
Muesli 46 g Livsmedelsverket
Granola 51 g Livsmedelsverket
Milk, 3% fat 99 g Livsmedelsverket
Milk, 1.5% fat 99 g Livsmedelsverket
Milk, 0.5% fat 98 g Livsmedelsverket
Whipping cream, liquid 103 g Livsmedelsverket
Whipping cream, whipped 49 g Livsmedelsverket
Crème fraîche 95 g Livsmedelsverket
Filmjölk (Swedish soured milk), plain 110 g Livsmedelsverket
Greek yoghurt 108 g Livsmedelsverket
Oat drink 99 g Livsmedelsverket

Sources: Livsmedelsverket (Swedish Food Agency), PM 2024: Volymvikter, viktförändringsfaktorer och avfall (CC BY 4.0). Dansukker’s product pages for granulated, icing and brown sugar. Butter comes from Arla’s article on butter, and potato starch and syrup from Arla’s measure converter. The manufacturers’ values are rounded. More ingredients, and grams per tablespoon, are in the guide to grams per decilitre.

Frequently asked questions

How many decilitres is one cup?

One US cup is 2.37 dl, or 236.6 ml. Australia and some other countries use a metric cup of 2.5 dl.

Is a US tablespoon the same as a Swedish matsked?

Almost. A Swedish matsked is 15 ml and a US tablespoon is 14.8 ml, which makes no difference in cooking. An Australian tablespoon is 20 ml.

What does a stick of butter weigh?

A US stick of butter is a quarter pound, which is 113 grams or half a cup.

How much does a decilitre of flour weigh?

About 56 grams for wheat flour, according to the Swedish Food Agency’s measurements. Other flours differ.