How many calories are in a margarita?
A margarita is 275 calories for the 225 g the USDA counts as one drink, or 122 calories per 100 g. Almost all of it is tequila and sweetener: 36.1 g of carbohydrate in the glass, every gram of it sugar, no fiber at all, and fat and protein close enough to zero to ignore.
You'd need to walk about 55 minutes to burn the 275 calories in one drink (225 g).
How long does it take to burn off a margarita?
One drink (225 g) is 275 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 275 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 55 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 34 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 39 min |
| Jogging | 32 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 1 hr 1 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (225 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Margarita quick facts
- US pours, from one ounce to a 16 oz house glass
- Frozen, virgin and the salted rim
- Sodium is the row nobody expects
- How does a margarita compare?
- Most popular margarita brands
- Margarita FAQs
Margarita quick facts
The number above comes from the FNDDS survey record 2710638, "Margarita", which is the finished cocktail in the glass rather than a bottle of mix. It carries the household measure a drinker recognizes: one drink, 225 g. Margarita mix is an ingredient, so it gets its own section further down instead of the headline.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 drink (225 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 122 | 275 | — |
| Total fat | 0.08 g | 0.2 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0.01 g | 0.0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 16.06 g | 36.1 g | 13% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 16.06 g | 36.1 g | — |
| Protein | 0.08 g | 0.2 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 204 mg | 459 mg | 20% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two rows you would see on a bottle are missing here on purpose. USDA does not publish added sugars or trans fat for this cocktail record, so there is nothing honest to print in those cells. Cholesterol is 0 mg and potassium is 50 mg per drink, about 1% of the Daily Value, which is why neither earns a row of its own.
The row that does deserve a second look is sodium, and the reason is that a cocktail is a salty drink before anyone salts the rim. More on that below.
US pours, from one ounce to a 16 oz house glass
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz | 30 g | 37 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.4 g | 35 kcal |
| 4 fl oz, small bar pour | 120 g | 146 kcal |
| One drink, USDA measure | 225 g | 275 kcal |
| 8 fl oz | 240 g | 293 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 122 kcal |
The 225 g drink and the 1 fl oz pour are USDA measures. The 1 oz, 4 fl oz and 8 fl oz rows are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, scaled at 122 calories per 100 g, so treat them as clean math rather than a published portion.
That gap between rows is where margarita counting goes wrong. Per fluid ounce the drink looks harmless at 37 calories, which is why "it's just one drink" survives so many nights out. The glass is the variable, not the recipe. Scale the same liquid to a 16 fl oz house margarita, roughly 480 g, and it comes to about 586 calories by the same arithmetic, more than double the standard drink and about the size of a full meal.
Worth noting: the USDA's "1 drink" at 225 g is a touch smaller than 8 fl oz. If you pour to the rim of an 8 oz glass, add the 18 calories in the difference.
Frozen, virgin and the salted rim
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita, on the rocks | 122 kcal | one drink, 225 g | 275 kcal |
| Frozen margarita | 122 kcal | one drink, 225 g | 275 kcal |
| Margarita mix, nonalcoholic | 87 kcal | one glass, 225 g | 196 kcal |
| Margarita salt on the rim | 0 kcal | 1/4 tsp, 1 g | 0 kcal |
Frozen is the surprise. Blending does not change the number: USDA logs the frozen version at the same 122 calories per 100 g and the same 275 per drink. Ice adds volume, not energy. The trap is that a blended drink is usually served in a bigger glass, so the frozen margarita that costs more is the one you were handed, not the one in the recipe book.
Going virgin cuts the energy by just under a third, to about 196 calories for the same 225 g, but it does not make the drink a light one. Without tequila the calories that remain are almost pure sugar: the mix is 21.4 g of sugar per 100 g against 16.06 g in the full cocktail. Less alcohol, more sweetener.
The rim is free in calories and expensive in sodium. A quarter teaspoon of margarita salt is 0 calories, and that stays true however heavy the crust looks.
A skinny margarita has no USDA record at all, so there is no number to print for it. The honest version of that answer: fresh lime and tequila with no sweetener sits somewhere below the 275 above, and how far below depends entirely on how much agave the bartender adds.
Bottled mixes on US shelves land in a similar band. Daily's Margarita is 92 calories per 100 g, 110 per its 4 fl oz label serving, and Cocktail Crate Margarita 83 per 100 g, 100 per 4 oz. The sweeter mixers run higher: Happy Hour Margarita Mixer is 133 per 100 g and Old Orchard 150, before the tequila goes in.
Sodium is the row nobody expects
One margarita carries 459 mg of sodium, 20% of the FDA Daily Value of 2,300 mg, and that is the drink with a bare rim. Nobody expects a fifth of a day's sodium from a cocktail, and it is the single most useful thing on this page for anyone tracking blood pressure.
Salt the rim and it climbs fast. A gram of margarita salt is about 390 mg of sodium on its own, so a fully rimmed glass lands near 849 mg, roughly 37% of the day, in one drink. Two drinks with a full rim come to about 1,698 mg, roughly three-quarters of the Daily Value, before dinner. If you're watching sodium, ask for half a rim or none; you lose nothing in calories and about 390 mg comes off the total.
On the alcohol side, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans define moderate drinking as two drinks or less a day for men and one or less for women, and the CDC's standard drink is 1.5 fl oz of 80-proof spirits. A 225 g margarita is roughly one standard drink's worth of tequila carried in a lot of sweetener, which is why the calories run high for the alcohol you get.
How does a margarita compare?
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margarita | 122 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 37 kcal |
| Daiquiri | 119 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 36 kcal |
| Tequila Sunrise | 111 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 33 kcal |
| Long Island iced tea | 107 kcal | 1 fl oz, 30 g | 32 kcal |
Our take: the margarita is the heaviest of these four per 100 g, but only just, and the spread from top to bottom is 15 calories in 100 g. Poured into the same 225 g glass the daiquiri would come to 268 against the margarita's 275, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figures. That means picking between these cocktails on calories is close to pointless. Order the drink you want in the smaller glass, skip the second round, and you will save far more than any swap between them.
Most popular margarita brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Master of Mixes Mango Daiquiri & Margarita Mixer | 150 cal |
| Master of Mixes Mango Daiquiri/Margarita BigBucket Mixer | 100 cal |
| Daily's Margarita | 92 cal |
| Cocktail Crate Margarita | 83 cal |
| Happy Hour Margarita Mixer | 133 cal |
| Old Orchard Margarita | 150 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Margarita FAQs
How many calories are in a margarita?
A margarita is 275 calories for the 225 g the USDA counts as one drink, which works out to 122 calories per 100 g. A bar pour of 4 fl oz lands at 146. There is no fat and no protein to speak of; the calories come from tequila and sugar.
How many calories in a frozen margarita?
Blending changes nothing: a frozen margarita is 275 calories for a 225 g drink, the same 122 per 100 g as the shaken version, because USDA record 2710683 carries an identical nutrient profile. The ice you blend in melts into volume, not calories, so a bigger frozen glass still costs more.
How many calories in a virgin margarita?
A virgin margarita made from nonalcoholic mix is about 196 calories for a 225 g glass, at 87 calories per 100 g. Dropping the tequila cuts just under a third of the energy, but the sugar goes up: the mix is 21.4 g of sugar per 100 g against 16.06 g in the full cocktail.
How many carbs are in a margarita?
A margarita carries 36.1 g of carbohydrate in a 225 g drink, 13% of the Daily Value, and 16.06 g per 100 g. Fiber is zero, so all 36.1 g count toward net carbs. A 4 fl oz pour is 19.3 g, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure.
How much sugar is in a margarita?
All 36.1 g of carbohydrate in a 225 g margarita is sugar: the USDA record lists total sugars equal to total carbohydrate, 16.06 g per 100 g. None of it arrives with fiber, which is zero. USDA does not publish added sugars for this cocktail, so the label's 50 g added-sugar limit cannot be applied here.
How much sodium is in a margarita with a salted rim?
The drink alone is 459 mg of sodium, 20% of the Daily Value, before any salt touches the glass. A 1 g salted rim adds about 390 mg, taking the glass to roughly 849 mg, 37% of a day's sodium in one cocktail. Ask for half a rim and you keep most of the flavor.
How many calories in a 16 oz margarita?
A 16 fl oz house margarita is about 586 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA figure of 122 calories per 100 g, since 16 fl oz of the drink weighs roughly 480 g. That is more than double the 275 calories in the USDA's 225 g standard drink.
Is a margarita more caloric than a daiquiri?
Barely: the margarita is 122 calories per 100 g against 119 for a daiquiri, a difference of 3 calories in 100 g. Poured into the same 225 g glass, that is 275 against 268, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figures. Glass size decides this, not the recipe.
Similar foods
- Prosecco — 135 cal per glass
- Cosmopolitan — 224 cal per cocktail
- Cider — 202 cal per can or bottle (12 fl oz)
- Beer — 155 cal for 12 fl oz can
- Martini — 241 cal per drink
- Shot Of Tequila — 97 cal per shot (1.5 fl oz)
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the glass and BodyPal counts the margarita for you, rim and all.
