Vegetables
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.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 119 g | 4.2 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 89.3 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 79.3 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 59.5 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 39.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 29.8 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 7.44 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 2.48 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts cucumber instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cucumber | 301 g | 10.6 oz |
| 2 cucumbers | 602 g | |
| 3 cucumbers | 903 g | |
| 4 cucumbers | 1204 g | |
| 6 cucumbers | 1806 g | |
| 12 cucumbers | 3612 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 15 | 0.65 g | 0.11 g | 3.6 g | 0.5 g | 2 mg |
| Per cup (119 g) | 18 | 0.77 g | 0.13 g | 4.28 g | 0.6 g | 2 mg |
| Per tablespoon (7.44 g) | 1 | 0.05 g | 0.01 g | 0.27 g | 0.04 g | 0 mg |
| Per cucumber (301 g) | 45 | 1.96 g | 0.33 g | 10.8 g | 1.51 g | 6 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 17 | 0.74 g | 0.12 g | 4.08 g | 0.57 g | 2 mg |
If you have run out
- Zucchini, the same amount. Only in a cooked dish — raw zucchini is starchier and less crisp than cucumber.
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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.