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350°F to gas mark and °C

350°F is gas mark 4. In a UK electric oven that is 180°C, or 160°C with the fan on. The exact conversion is 176.7°C, which recipe charts round to 180°C.

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Gas mark

4

on the chart

Conventional oven

180°C

as recipe charts round it

Fan oven

160°C

20°C lower

Exact

176.7°C

(°F − 32) × 5 ÷ 9

Gas mark conversion chart

The row nearest to 350°F is gas mark 4.

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

American recipes and fan ovens

US recipes give conventional oven temperatures in Fahrenheit. In a UK fan oven, convert 350°F to 180°C first, then take off 20°C to get 160°C.

What cooks at 350°F

American recipes use 350°F for most sponge cakes, brownies and traybakes, and on a gas oven that means gas mark 4. The settings either side are gas mark 3 (170°C, 325°F) and gas mark 5 (190°C, 375°F).

Other temperatures

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Common questions

What gas mark is 350°F?

Gas mark 4.

What is 350°F in Celsius?

176.7°C exactly, which recipe charts round to 180°C.

What is 350°F in a fan oven?

160°C. Convert to Celsius, then take 20°C off for the fan.

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.