Grams to cups for almonds, whole
One US cup of almonds, whole weighs about 143 g, so 100 g is about 0.7 cups (2/3 cup). Whole raw, not ground. Real-world range: 96 g ground to 143 g whole. The calculator and table below use this figure for any amount.
Conversion table
| Grams | Cups | Closest kitchen measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.17 | 1/6 cup |
| 50 g | 0.35 | 1/3 cup |
| 75 g | 0.52 | 1/2 cup |
| 100 g | 0.7 | 2/3 cup |
| 125 g | 0.87 | 7/8 cup |
| 150 g | 1.05 | 1 cup |
| 200 g | 1.4 | 1 cup + 3/8 |
| 250 g | 1.75 | 1 cup + 3/4 |
| 300 g | 2.1 | 2 cups + 1/8 |
| 400 g | 2.8 | 2 cups + 3/4 |
| 500 g | 3.5 | 3 cups + 1/2 |
How to measure it
Whole raw almonds weigh about 143 g a cup. The big irregular kernels leave lots of air gaps, which is why the number is so much lower than you might guess for a dense nut.
Form matters enormously with almonds. Sliced almonds drop to about 92 g a cup, slivered to about 108 g, and almond flour to about 96 g. Converting a cup of one form to another by volume alone will wreck a macaron or frangipane recipe.
When a recipe just says almonds, it usually means whole. When it says almond meal or almond flour, use the ground figure and ideally a scale.
Density source: Government food composition data (whole raw almonds). Method assumed: Whole raw almonds. Ground almond flour is about 96 g a cup.
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See also: why conversion charts disagree and the full density data.