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How Many Cups in a Pint?

There are 2 cups in a US pint. A pint is also 16 fluid ounces or 473 mL, and 2 pints make a quart. A pint of ice cream or cream is this same 2 cups. Berries are different: a dry pint basket holds about 2.33 cups.

Fractions like 1 1/2 work

2cups

Gallons
0.125
Quarts
0.5
Pints
1
Fluid ounces
16
Tablespoons
32
Milliliters
473.2
Liters
0.47

How to use

  1. Type the amount. Fractions like 1 1/2 work.
  2. Choose the unit you're starting from.
  3. Read cups first, then quarts, fluid ounces and the rest underneath.

The formula and two worked examples

cups = pints × 2 and pints = cups ÷ 2

A recipe needs 1 1/2 pints of cream. 1.5 × 2 = 3 cups, which is 24 fluid ounces.

You have 5 cups of stock. 5 ÷ 2 = 2.5 pints, so it fills two pint jars with a cup left over.

Liquid pint vs dry pint vs UK pint

Recipes and cartons of milk, cream and ice cream use the US liquid pint: 2 cups, 16 fl oz, 473 mL. Blueberries, cherry tomatoes and other small produce are sold by the US dry pint, which is 551 mL, about 2.33 US cups. A British pint is bigger again at 568 mL, about 2.4 US cups, which is why a pint of beer in London is more than one in New York.

Three kinds of pint
PintmLUS cups
US liquid pint473.22
US dry pint550.62.33
UK imperial pint568.32.4

What this tool doesn't cover

It converts US liquid volume only. Dry and imperial pints are explained above but aren't in the converter. A pint of rice, sugar or flour has no fixed weight; use cups to grams with the ingredient for that.

Reference tables

Pints to cups chart (US liquid)
PintsCupsFluid ouncesQuartsmL
1/2181/4236.6
12161/2473.2
1 1/23243/4709.8
24321946.4
36481 1/21,420
486421,893
8 (1 gallon)1612843,785
What a pint weighs (USDA)
LiquidGramsPounds
Water474 g1.04
Whole milk488 g1.08
Heavy cream476 g1.05
Vegetable oil436 g0.96
Maple syrup630 g1.39
Honey678 g1.49
Bowl of cubed butter beside brown eggs and a measuring cup of flour on a striped kitchen towel
Photo: Lauren Gray / Unsplash

Tips

  • The old saying "a pint's a pound the world around" is close for water in the US: a pint weighs about 1.04 pounds.
  • Two pints make a quart and eight pints make a gallon.
  • A pint of berries won't fill a 2 cup measure neatly. Dry pints are about a third of a cup bigger.

FAQ

How many cups are in a pint?
2 cups in a US liquid pint. That's 16 fluid ounces or 473 mL.
How many cups are in a pint of ice cream?
2 cups. Ice cream is sold by the US liquid pint, which holds 16 fluid ounces.
How many cups are in a pint of blueberries?
About 2.33 cups by volume. Berries are sold by the dry pint, which is 551 mL compared with 473 mL for a liquid pint.
How many pints are in a quart?
2 pints. A quart is 4 cups and a pint is 2 cups.
How many ounces are in a pint?
16 US fluid ounces. By weight, a pint of water is about 474 g, or 1.04 pounds.
Is a UK pint bigger than a US pint?
Yes. A UK pint is 568 mL, about 20% more than the US pint of 473 mL.

Sources

Sikander Malik

Founder, builds MeasuredCup's converters

Last updated October 20, 2026

Editorial policy

Values are averages for typical US products. Brands vary, so weigh with a kitchen scale when a recipe needs to be exact.