Convert pints to cups and back. US and imperial systems, cup tally visualization, volume hierarchy bars, and reference table with fl oz, mL, and quarts.
One US pint equals 2 cups, which makes this one of the core kitchen conversions for soups, dairy, baking, and meal prep. The imperial pint is larger than the US pint, though, so recipes or labels from the UK need different handling. That difference matters when the source recipe was written for one system and your measuring cups belong to the other, because the same pint count can pour a different amount.
This converter works in both directions and shows cups, fluid ounces, tablespoons, milliliters, liters, quarts, and gallons at the same time. That makes it useful when a recipe starts in cups but ingredients are packaged or measured in pints, or when you need to convert a larger batch back down into cup-sized portions. It also keeps the rest of the volume ladder visible so you can move between cups, pints, quarts, and gallons without rechecking a chart every time.
Use it when you want the pint-cup answer plus the next volume units without switching to a second chart. The reference values are there for quick kitchen arithmetic rather than abstract measurement trivia.
Pints and cups sit right next to each other on the kitchen volume ladder, but US and imperial measurements are easy to confuse. This page keeps the system explicit and shows the nearby units that usually matter next in cooking and baking. That is helpful when you are scaling a recipe and need the answer in cup-sized pieces instead of a single decimal number.
US: 1 pint = 2 cups = 16 fl oz = 473.176 mL Imperial: 1 pint = 2.4 US cups = 20 fl oz = 568.261 mL
Result: 6 cups = 48 fl oz = 1,419.5 mL
3 pints × 2 = 6 US cups. That's 48 fl oz or 1.42 liters — 1½ quarts.
The US customary volume system follows a 2× ladder: 2 cups = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon. This means 16 cups = 1 gallon. Memorizing this ladder makes most kitchen conversions trivial.
Recipe writers choose between pints and cups based on quantity. Small batches use cups (1–4 cups). Larger quantities like soup, stock, or stew are often expressed in pints or quarts. Understanding the relationship means you never need to look it up.
When a British recipe says "1 pint of cream," it means 568 mL — 20 % more than a US pint. Using a US pint instead under-measures by nearly ½ cup. Always identify the recipe's origin before measuring.
2 US cups = 1 US pint. That is the standard kitchen ratio used in most US recipes.
About 2.4 US cups, because the imperial pint is 568 mL while the US pint is 473 mL. The larger pint means UK recipes need a different cup count.
2 pints = 1 quart. That is the next step up on the US volume ladder.
8 pints = 1 gallon. This is true in both the US and imperial systems.
US. American ice cream is sold in US pints, which are 473 mL or 16 fl oz.
"Two cups in a pint" is the standard memory rule for US cooking measurements. If you remember that one step, the rest of the kitchen ladder follows from it.