Pints to Cups (pt to cups)
A US liquid pint is exactly 2 cups or 16 fl oz (473.176473 ml — 1/8 of the 231-cubic-inch gallon, NIST SP 811), so multiply pints by 2. Three pints is 6 cups.
Formula
cups = US pints × 2
Example: 1 US pints = 2 US cups.
Pints to Cups chart
| US pints | US cups |
|---|---|
| 0.25 | 0.5 |
| 0.5 | 1 |
| 0.75 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 2 |
| 1.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 32 |
Good to know
Cream, ice cream and berries: a pint of heavy cream or ice cream is 2 cups. A pint basket of blueberries is a US dry pint (550.6 ml), about 2.3 cups by volume — most recipes call it 2 cups.
UK pints are bigger: an imperial pint is 568.26 ml, 20 imperial fl oz, or about 2.4 US cups. A British pint of beer or milk is 20% more than an American one.
Up and down the ladder: 2 cups = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 8 pints = 1 gallon. Half a pint is 1 cup (8 fl oz).
Frequently asked questions
How many cups are in a pint?
2 US cups in a US liquid pint.
How many cups are in 2 pints?
2 pints is 4 cups, which is 1 quart.
How many cups is a UK pint?
An imperial pint is about 2.4 US cups (568 ml).
How many cups is half a pint?
Half a pint is 1 cup.