Oven temperatures · gas mark guide

210°C to gas mark

210°C is just over gas mark 6 and 410°F. Check if your recipe means a fan oven: if 210°C is the fan temperature, the conventional equivalent is 230°C, which is gas mark 8.

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Gas mark

6

nearest setting

Fahrenheit

410°F

exact conversion

Fan oven

190°C

if 210°C is conventional

If 210°C is fan

Gas 8

230°C conventional

Gas mark conversion chart

The row nearest to 210°C is gas mark 6.

Gas markConventionalFanFahrenheitHeat
Gas ¼110°C90°C225°FVery cool
Gas ½120°C100°C250°FVery cool
Gas 1140°C120°C275°FVery low
Gas 2150°C130°C300°FVery low
Gas 3170°C150°C325°FLow
Gas 4180°C160°C350°FModerate
Gas 5190°C170°C375°FModerately hot
Gas 6200°C180°C400°FHot
Gas 7220°C200°C425°FHot
Gas 8230°C210°C450°FVery hot
Gas 9240°C220°C475°FVery hot

Conventional or fan?

UK recipes often give two figures, such as 200°C or 180°C fan. If yours just says 210°C, it usually means a conventional oven, so a fan oven should be set to 190°C and a gas oven to just over gas mark 6.

Exact conversion

210°C × 9 ÷ 5 + 32 = 410°F. The closest gas mark on the chart is gas mark 6, which is 200°C and 400°F.

What cooks at 210°C

Gas mark 6 is a hot oven, the usual setting for roast chicken, pastry and oven chips. The settings either side are gas mark 5 (190°C, 375°F) and gas mark 7 (220°C, 425°F).

Between two gas marks

210°C falls between two settings on the chart. Gas ovens have hotter and cooler zones, so for a cake use the lower mark on the middle shelf, and for roasting use the higher mark.

Other temperatures

gas mark 6 in full · Full gas mark conversion chart · Convert any temperature

Common questions

What gas mark is 210°C?

Just over gas mark 6.

What is 210°C in a fan oven?

190°C, if the recipe's 210°C is for a conventional oven.

What gas mark is 210°C fan?

A fan setting of 210°C matches 230°C in a conventional oven, which is gas mark 8.

What is 210°C in Fahrenheit?

410°F exactly.

Sources and assumptions

  • Conventional means an electric oven with the fan off. Fan settings are 20°C lower.
  • Recipe charts round temperatures to the nearest 10°C or 25°F, so exact conversions differ by a few degrees.

Ovens vary. An oven thermometer shows what yours is really doing.