Grams to Tablespoons: Butter

One US tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 grams, so 20 g is 1.41 tablespoons and 100 g is 7.04 tablespoons. Every figure on this page is derived from a published density, linked below.

Butter Converter

Locked to butter — type any amount in grams.

Grams

Ingredient

1.41 tablespoons of butter ≈ 1⅓ tbsp · 4.23 tsp

Tablespoon

1 tablespoon butter = 14.2 g · USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, "Butter, salted" (fdcId 173410)

JavaScript is off, so the spoon and measuring-method buttons above are inactive and the converter shows its preset of 20 g. The full table below gives every ingredient at this amount, and the tablespoon sections cover US, metric and Australian spoons.

Butter Conversion Chart (1 g – 250 g)

Thirty common amounts, with the decimal and the nearest practical spoon. Below a quarter teaspoon the fraction is dropped, because rounding would be larger than the quantity.

Butter from 1 g to 250 g. One tablespoon weighs 14.2 g, so every row is that figure divided into the amount.
Grams	Tablespoons	Nearest spoon	Teaspoons
1 g	0.07 tbsp	¼ tsp	0.21 tsp
2 g	0.14 tbsp	½ tsp	0.42 tsp
3 g	0.21 tbsp	⅔ tsp	0.63 tsp
4 g	0.28 tbsp	¾ tsp	0.85 tsp
5 g	0.35 tbsp	1 tsp	1.06 tsp
6 g	0.42 tbsp	1¼ tsp	1.27 tsp
7 g	0.49 tbsp	1½ tsp	1.48 tsp
8 g	0.56 tbsp	1⅔ tsp	1.69 tsp
9 g	0.63 tbsp	2 tsp	1.90 tsp
10 g	0.70 tbsp	2⅛ tsp	2.11 tsp
12 g	0.85 tbsp	2½ tsp	2.54 tsp
15 g	1.06 tbsp	1 tbsp	3.17 tsp
20 g	1.41 tbsp	1⅓ tbsp	4.23 tsp
25 g	1.76 tbsp	1¾ tbsp	5.28 tsp
30 g	2.11 tbsp	2⅛ tbsp	6.34 tsp
40 g	2.82 tbsp	2¾ tbsp	8.45 tsp
50 g	3.52 tbsp	3½ tbsp	10.6 tsp
60 g	4.23 tbsp	4¼ tbsp	12.7 tsp
70 g	4.93 tbsp	5 tbsp	14.8 tsp
75 g	5.28 tbsp	5¼ tbsp	15.8 tsp
80 g	5.63 tbsp	5⅔ tbsp	16.9 tsp
90 g	6.34 tbsp	6⅓ tbsp	19.0 tsp
100 g	7.04 tbsp	7 tbsp	21.1 tsp
110 g	7.75 tbsp	7¾ tbsp	23.2 tsp
125 g	8.80 tbsp	8¾ tbsp	26.4 tsp
150 g	10.6 tbsp	10½ tbsp	31.7 tsp
175 g	12.3 tbsp	12⅓ tbsp	37.0 tsp
200 g	14.1 tbsp	14⅛ tbsp	42.3 tsp
225 g	15.8 tbsp	15¾ tbsp	47.5 tsp
250 g	17.6 tbsp	17⅔ tbsp	52.8 tsp

Butter Types Compared

This site holds a single sourced density for butter. Where a published figure exists for a sub-variety it is listed separately on the methodology page rather than averaged in here.

One US tablespoon of each type, derived from its own density.
Type	Density	1 tbsp	20 g =	Source
Butter	0.9603	14.2 g	1.41 tbsp	USDA

The Butter Measuring Pitfall

Published figures for butter agree to within half a percent, so the arithmetic is not the risk — the handling is. Butter is usually easier to cut from a marked stick than to spoon into a measure, and if your butter comes in a tub rather than a marked block, weighing it is the more reliable route.

Butter is nearly as dense as water, so a tablespoon of it weighs close to a tablespoon of water. That is why butter conversions look unusually well-behaved next to flour or cocoa powder, where the same weight fills a wildly different number of spoons.

Butter in US, Metric and Australian Tablespoons

One tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 g in a US spoon, 14.4 g in a metric spoon and 19.2 g in an Australian one. An Australian tablespoon holds 35.3% more volume than a US one, so the same weight needs 26.1% fewer of them.

Butter FAQ

How many grams is 1 tablespoon of butter?

One US tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 g. A 15 ml metric tablespoon holds 14.4 g and a 20 ml Australian tablespoon holds 19.2 g of it.

Why does butter convert differently from other ingredients?

Because its density is 0.9603 g per ml. Density is the whole conversion: multiply it by the spoon volume to get the weight of one spoonful, then divide your grams by that.

Do different types of butter weigh the same?

Not always. The comparison table above lists each variety we hold a sourced density for. Where two varieties differ, use the one your recipe names rather than the general figure.

Where does your butter density come from?

From USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, "Butter, salted" (fdcId 173410): 1 tbsp = 14.2 g. We publish the source URL for every ingredient and record the published spread on our methodology page rather than averaging sources silently.

Should I measure butter by weight instead?

Where you can, yes. NIST's own guidance for the metric kitchen is that mass is the reliable measure, because how you fill a spoon changes what a spoonful weighs. Volume conversions like this one are for when a scale is not to hand.

What if I need less than a tablespoon of butter?

Results under one tablespoon are shown in teaspoons, since 1 tablespoon is 3 teaspoons in all three conventions. Below a quarter teaspoon we stop offering a fraction and recommend a scale — at that size two very different weights would round to the same marking.

Common Butter Amounts

The amounts most often converted for this ingredient.