Oven temperatures

350 °F to Celsius

176.7°C

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180°C

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No oven dial has a 176.7 °C mark. Recipes treat 350 °F and 180 °C as the same setting — gas mark 4 — and the gap between them is smaller than the swing of a domestic thermostat. Set a fan-forced oven to 160 °C.

350 °F is the default temperature of American baking — cookies, brownies, layer cakes, casseroles and roast chicken are all written for it. If you are cooking a US recipe on a metric oven, this is the number you will convert most often, and the setting you want is a round 180 °C.

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350 °F conversion table

Exact conversion176.7 °C
Oven dial setting180 °C
Fan-forced (convection)160 °C
Gas mark4 — moderate

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What is 350 °F in Celsius?
350 °F is exactly 176.7 °C. As an oven setting, use 180 °C — the dial mark recipes mean, which is gas mark 4. In a fan oven, set 160 °C.
Is 350 °F the same as 180 °C?
As an oven setting, yes. The exact conversion is 176.7 °C, but no oven dial has a 176.7 mark and every recipe conversion uses 180 °C. The difference is smaller than the natural swing of a domestic thermostat.
What is 350 °F in a fan oven?
Set a fan-forced oven to 160 °C — about 20 °C below the 180 °C conventional equivalent.
What gas mark is 350 °F?
Gas mark 4.
Why is 350 °F used for almost everything in American recipes?
It is the balance point: hot enough to set a batter, brown a crust and drive a good rise, gentle enough that the outside does not burn before the centre cooks. Most home baking works at it, so US recipe writing defaults to it.

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