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Cucumber: weights & conversions

A US cup of cucumber weighs about 119 g. One weighs about 301 g. 100 g is 15 calories and 0.65 g of protein.

Also written as: cucumbers, english cucumber.

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1 cup of cucumber is about 119 grams.

Cups to grams

What each measure of cucumber weighs, from the cup weight above.

cucumber volume conversions
VolumeGramsOunces
1 cup119 g4.2 oz
3/4 cup89.3 g
2/3 cup79.3 g
1/2 cup59.5 g
1/3 cup39.7 g
1/4 cup29.8 g
1 tablespoon7.44 g
1 teaspoon2.48 g

Weight per piece

What a recipe means when it counts cucumber instead of weighing it.

cucumber count conversions
CountGramsOunces
1 cucumber301 g10.6 oz
2 cucumbers602 g
3 cucumbers903 g
4 cucumbers1204 g
6 cucumbers1806 g
12 cucumbers3612 g

Ounces and pounds

The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.

cucumber weight conversions
WeightGramsOunces
1 oz28.3 g
4 oz (1/4 lb)113 g
8 oz (1/2 lb)227 g
1 lb454 g
100 g100 g

Nutrition

Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.

Nutrition for cucumber by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)150.65 g0.11 g3.6 g0.5 g2 mg
Per cup (119 g)180.77 g0.13 g4.28 g0.6 g2 mg
Per tablespoon (7.44 g)10.05 g0.01 g0.27 g0.04 g0 mg
Per cucumber (301 g)451.96 g0.33 g10.8 g1.51 g6 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)170.74 g0.12 g4.08 g0.57 g2 mg

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Common questions

How many grams are in a cup of cucumber?
One US cup of cucumber weighs about 119 g (4.2 oz). A tablespoon is about 7.44 g and a teaspoon about 2.48 g.
How many cups is 100 g of cucumber?
100 g of cucumber is about 0.84 cups — near enough to 7/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
How much does one cucumber weigh?
One cucumber weighs about 301 g (10.6 oz), so a pound is roughly 2 of them.
How many calories are in cucumber?
Cucumber has about 15 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 18 calories a cup.
What can I use instead of cucumber?
Zucchini, the same amount. Only in a cooked dish — raw zucchini is starchier and less crisp than cucumber.

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