Grams of ground cloves to millilitres runs on one number, 2.3424578 millilitres per gram. It is a measured property of this ingredient rather than a defined conversion, which is why a generic volume-to-weight tool cannot give you it.
The density behind that figure is 0.4269 g per mL, against 1.00 for water. A cup of water weighs 236.6 g and a cup of ground cloves weighs 101 g, so this ingredient is 42.69% as heavy as the same volume of water — the single fact the whole page rests on.
Ground cloves has a density of 0.4269 g per mL, so 100 mL of it weighs 42.69 g and 250 mL weighs 106.7 g. That single figure is what every other number on this page is built from — water is 1.00 g per mL, so this ingredient is 42.69% as heavy as the same volume of water.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 0.99% of a cup of ground cloves, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 4.95 cups, and a 1 kg pack 9.901.
What the number depends on: Strong enough that a gram either way is noticeable in the finished dish.
The formula
grams- The amount of ground cloves you are converting, in grams
2.34245778713- Millilitres per gram for ground cloves, from its density of 0.4269 g/mL
millilitres- The equivalent quantity in millilitres
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 2.34245778713, the millilitres-per-gram figure for ground cloves.
- The result appears in millilitres, with a second reading in tsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of ground cloves in millilitres
50 g of ground cloves weighs out at 117.123 millilitres. Divide 117.123 by 2.3424578 and you get back to 50 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
150 g of ground cloves in millilitres
150 g of ground cloves weighs out at 351.369 millilitres. Divide 351.369 by 2.3424578 and you get back to 150 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
500 g of ground cloves in millilitres
A recipe calling for 500 g of ground cloves needs 1171.23 millilitres on the scale. The arithmetic is 500 × 2.3424578 = 1171.2289, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 585.614 millilitres.
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Frequently asked questions
How many millilitres are in 1 g of ground cloves?
One gram of ground cloves is 2.3424578 millilitres. Half that quantity is 1.17123 millilitres and double it is 4.68492 millilitres, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of ground cloves not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Ground cloves has a density of 0.4269 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 101 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 135.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of ground cloves by roughly 20% — about 10.1 g either side of 101 g — because strong enough that a gram either way is noticeable in the finished dish. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of ground cloves the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of ground cloves weighs 0.4453 oz, so the two readings differ by 55.5%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of ground cloves would weigh 106.73 g instead of 101 g — 5.73 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
At this size the spoon wins. One millilitre of ground cloves is 0.4269 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 234% resolution on that — a measuring spoon is the more accurate instrument below about 5 g, which is why spice quantities are still written in spoons.
How much does 15 mL of ground cloves weigh?
15 mL of ground cloves comes to 6.4035 g, or 6.4035 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the ml-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Ground cloves in grams and millilitres
| Grams | Millilitres | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 11.7123 mL | 11.71228894 |
| 10 g | 23.4246 mL | 23.42457787 |
| 25 g | 58.5614 mL | 58.56144468 |
| 50 g | 117.123 mL | 117.1228894 |
| 100 g | 234.246 mL | 234.2457787 |
| 125 g | 292.807 mL | 292.8072234 |
| 150 g | 351.369 mL | 351.3686681 |
| 200 g | 468.492 mL | 468.4915574 |
| 250 g | 585.614 mL | 585.6144468 |
| 300 g | 702.737 mL | 702.7373361 |
| 500 g | 1171.23 mL | 1171.228894 |
| 1000 g | 2342.46 mL | 2342.457787 |
Based on 101 g per cup of ground cloves. One gram of ground cloves is 2.3424578 millilitres.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 101 g | 3.56 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 6.312 g | 0.223 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 4.208 g | 0.148 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 2.104 g | 0.0742 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 1.578 g | 0.0557 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.052 g | 0.0371 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 0.526 g | 0.0186 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.263 g | 0.00928 oz | 0.6161 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground ginger | 86 g | 3.034 oz | 0.3635 |
| Ground cardamom | 96 g | 3.386 oz | 0.4058 |
| Ground cumin | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground cloves (this page) | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground nutmeg | 106 g | 3.739 oz | 0.448 |
| Ground black pepper | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 0.4649 |
| Paprika | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 0.4649 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.