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Oven Temperature Converter

Convert oven temperatures between Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Gas Mark — for recipes written in any of the three systems.

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Result

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Fahrenheit—
Celsius (conventional oven)—
Gas Mark—
Fan oven setting (general guidance)—

Full conversion table

Gas MarkFahrenheitCelsiusDescribed as
¼225 °F110 °CVery slow
½250 °F120 °CVery slow
1275 °F140 °CSlow
2300 °F150 °CSlow
3325 °F160 °CModerately slow
4350 °F180 °CModerate
5375 °F190 °CModerately hot
6400 °F200 °CHot
7425 °F220 °CHot
8450 °F230 °CVery hot
9475 °F240 °CVery hot

Gas Mark values are the standard published pairings for conventional ovens. Individual ovens run hot or cold by 10–25 degrees either way regardless of what the dial says — an oven thermometer is the only exact answer.

How it works

Fahrenheit and Celsius convert with the exact formula °C = (°F − 32) × 5/9. Gas Mark is not a formula at all — it is a stepped dial scale used on British gas ovens, so conversions go through the standard table above: enter a Gas Mark and you get the table's paired °F and °C; enter °F or °C and you get the nearest Gas Mark, shown with a "≈" when it is not an exact table pairing. Each Gas Mark step is roughly 25 °F (about 10–20 °C, widening at the hot end).

Fan (convection) ovens: the usual guidance is to set a fan oven about 20 °C lower than the conventional temperature a recipe gives (roughly 25 °F lower), because the fan moves hot air onto the food more effectively. That is a rule of thumb, not an exact conversion — the fan figure shown here applies it and labels it guidance. When a recipe gives its own fan temperature, use the recipe's.

Frequently asked questions

What is 350 °F in Celsius and Gas Mark? 350 °F = 176.7 °C exactly by formula, listed as 180 °C in the standard Gas Mark table (Gas Mark 4) — the small gap is rounding in the published table, and ovens cannot hold the difference anyway.

What Gas Mark is 180 °C? Gas Mark 4 — the standard pairing for 180 °C / 350 °F, the most common baking temperature in modern recipes.

Do I always reduce for a fan oven? Most modern recipes written for fan ovens already account for it. Reduce by about 20 °C only when converting a recipe that assumes a conventional (non-fan) oven — and check food a few minutes early, since fan ovens also tend to cook slightly faster.

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