Quarts to Cups (qt to cups)
A US liquid quart is exactly 2 pints or 4 cups (946.352946 ml — a quarter of the 231-cubic-inch gallon, NIST SP 811), so multiply quarts by 4. Two quarts of stock is 8 cups.
Formula
cups = US quarts × 4
Example: 1 US quarts = 4 US cups.
Quarts to Cups chart
| US quarts | US cups |
|---|---|
| 0.25 | 1 |
| 0.5 | 2 |
| 0.75 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 10 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 20 |
| 6 | 24 |
| 7 | 28 |
| 8 | 32 |
| 10 | 40 |
| 12 | 48 |
| 16 | 64 |
Good to know
Kitchen ladder: 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 128 fl oz. A quart is the size of a deli container or a carton of half-and-half, and a 'quart' of strawberries is a dry quart of volume, not weight.
Slow cookers and stockpots are sold by quart. A 6-quart slow cooker holds 24 cups when filled to the brim; recipes usually fill it two-thirds, about 16 cups.
UK and dry quarts: an imperial quart is 1.1365 L, about 4.8 US cups. A US dry quart (used for berries) is 1.1012 L, about 4.65 US cups. Recipes from US cookbooks mean the liquid quart.
Frequently asked questions
How many cups are in a quart?
4 US cups in a US liquid quart.
How many cups is 2 quarts?
2 quarts is 8 cups (half a gallon).
How many cups is half a quart?
Half a quart is 2 cups, which is also 1 pint.
Is a quart bigger than a liter?
Slightly smaller: a US quart is 0.946 L, so a liter is about 1.06 quarts (4.23 cups).