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Food calories · USDA data

Calories in watermelon

46 calories

in 1 cup, diced, 152 g

Protein
0.9 g
Carbs
11.5 g
Fat
0.2 g
Fiber
0.6 g
Weigh your own portion

Watermelon has 46 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 cup, diced, which weighs 152 g. Per 100 g, watermelon has 30 calories.

Almost all of its calories, 89%, come from carbohydrate.

It takes 333 g of watermelon to reach 100 calories, which is about 2.2 × 1 cup, diced.

Calories by portion

PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 cup, diced152 g460.9 g11.5 g0.2 g
1 cup, balls154 g460.9 g11.6 g0.2 g
1 melon (15" long x 7-1/2" dia)4,518 g1,35527.6 g341.1 g6.8 g
1 wedge (approx 1/16 of melon)286 g861.7 g21.6 g0.4 g
10 watermelon balls122 g370.7 g9.2 g0.2 g
1 oz28.3 g80.2 g2.1 g0 g
100 g100 g300.6 g7.6 g0.2 g

Portion weights are USDA's own. Your watermelon may weigh more or less; for an exact number, weigh it and enter the grams in the food calorie lookup.

Where the calories come from

  • Protein: 7% of calories (0.6 g per 100 g)
  • Carbohydrate: 89% (7.6 g per 100 g, of which 0.4 g fiber)
  • Fat: 4% (0.2 g per 100 g)

Shares use the general factors of 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate and 9 per gram of fat, so they can differ a little from USDA's calorie figure. Daily Values are the FDA's adult Daily Values.

Compared with similar foods

Weight for weight, lemon has the fewest calories of these four (29 per 100 g) and strawberries the most (32).

Per 100 gCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Watermelon300.6 g7.6 g0.2 g
Lime300.7 g10.5 g0.2 g
Lemon291.1 g9.3 g0.3 g
Strawberries320.7 g7.7 g0.3 g

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Questions people ask

How many calories is in watermelon?

Watermelon has 46 calories. USDA weighs 1 cup, diced at 152 g, and watermelon has 30 calories per 100 g.

How much protein does watermelon have?

1 cup, diced (152 g) has 0.9 g of protein, 2% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 0.6 g.

How many carbs does watermelon have?

1 cup, diced has 11.5 g of carbohydrate, including 0.6 g of fiber, and 0.2 g of fat.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Watermelon, raw (FDC ID 167765). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.