Convert pints to quarts

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A pint is half a quart, so you halve the number of pints. Enter a value and the result appears as you type: 5 pt gives two and a half quarts. An even pint count gives a whole number of quarts, and an odd one gives a result ending in a half, which a recipe writes as 2 1/2.

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How many quarts are in a pint?

One pint is half a quart. You divide the number of pints by two: quarts = pints ÷ 2.

The divisor is the same in every system of measure. The American tables of units print “2 pints = 1 quart” under liquid measure[1]. How many millilitres the volume comes to depends on the type of pint, and the quart count stays the same.

For the other direction use the quarts to pints converter, and for the smaller measures in the same series the pints to cups converter.

What is a pint and what is a quart?

A pint is a measure of volume set out in ounces. A US liquid pint counts sixteen fluid ounces and holds 473.18 millilitres. An imperial pint counts twenty imperial fluid ounces[1] and holds 568.26 millilitres[2].

A quart is a doubled pint, and that is how the table of units writes it. A US liquid quart therefore holds 32 fluid ounces and an imperial quart 40 imperial fluid ounces[1]. A US liquid quart holds 946.35 millilitres. An imperial quart holds 1,136.52 millilitres.

Alongside this the American system has a separate series for goods sold by volume. A dry pint holds 550.61 millilitres. A dry quart holds 1,101.22 millilitres[1].

The English encyclopaedia entry sets out each relation on one line: “1 US liquid pint ≡ 1/8 US gallon ≡ 1/2 US liquid quart ≡ 473.176473 millilitres”[2]. Gallons are covered by the quarts to gallons converter.

A glass measuring beaker with a fluid ounce scale on the left and a millilitre scale on the right
The beaker carries two scales side by side: fluid ounces on the left and millilitres on the right. The 2.0 oz mark sits at 60 millilitres, and a US pint is sixteen of those ounces. Photo: Steve A Johnson, Unsplash.

Pints to quarts conversion table

The quarts in the table are the pint count divided by two. The fraction column gives the same answer in the form American recipes use. The gallons are the pint count divided by eight.
PintsQuartsAs a fractionGallons
1 pt0.5 qt1/20.125 gal
1.5 pt0.75 qt3/40.1875 gal
2 pt1 qt10.25 gal
2.5 pt1.25 qt1 1/40.3125 gal
3 pt1.5 qt1 1/20.375 gal
3.2 pt1.6 qt1 3/50.4 gal
3.5 pt1.75 qt1 3/40.4375 gal
3.6 pt1.8 qt1 4/50.45 gal
3.8 pt1.9 qt1 9/100.475 gal
4 pt2 qt20.5 gal
4.2 pt2.1 qt2 1/100.525 gal
4.5 pt2.25 qt2 1/40.5625 gal
4.75 pt2.375 qt2 3/80.59375 gal
5 pt2.5 qt2 1/20.625 gal
5.5 pt2.75 qt2 3/40.6875 gal
6 pt3 qt30.75 gal
6.5 pt3.25 qt3 1/40.8125 gal
7 pt3.5 qt3 1/20.875 gal
7.5 pt3.75 qt3 3/40.9375 gal
8 pt4 qt41 gal
8.5 pt4.25 qt4 1/41.0625 gal
9 pt4.5 qt4 1/21.125 gal
9.5 pt4.75 qt4 3/41.1875 gal
10 pt5 qt51.25 gal
11 pt5.5 qt5 1/21.375 gal
12 pt6 qt61.5 gal
13 pt6.5 qt6 1/21.625 gal
14 pt7 qt71.75 gal
15 pt7.5 qt7 1/21.875 gal
16 pt8 qt82 gal
17 pt8.5 qt8 1/22.125 gal
18 pt9 qt92.25 gal
19 pt9.5 qt9 1/22.375 gal
20 pt10 qt102.5 gal
22 pt11 qt112.75 gal
24 pt12 qt123 gal
25 pt12.5 qt12 1/23.125 gal
26 pt13 qt133.25 gal
28 pt14 qt143.5 gal
30 pt15 qt153.75 gal
32 pt16 qt164 gal
36 pt18 qt184.5 gal
40 pt20 qt205 gal
50 pt25 qt256.25 gal
80 pt40 qt4010 gal
100 pt50 qt5012.5 gal
Values outside the table are handled by the converter in the field above. A quarter of a pint gives one eighth of a quart.

How many pints does a British pub pour and how many quarts is that?

The British order on intoxicating liquor allows draught beer and cider to be sold in a third of a pint, half a pint and multiples of half a pint[3], and the 2011 amendment added two thirds of a pint to that list[4]. The millilitres are worked out for the imperial pint of 568.26 millilitres.
Measure from the tapPintsQuartsMillilitres
A third of a pint0.333 pt0.167 qt189.4 ml
Half a pint0.5 pt0.25 qt284.1 ml
Two thirds of a pint0.667 pt0.333 qt378.8 ml
A pint1 pt0.5 qt568.3 ml
A pint and a half1.5 pt0.75 qt852.4 ml
Two pints2 pt1 qt1,136.5 ml
Two pints from a British tap come to exactly one imperial quart[1].

How many millilitres in a pint and how many in a quart?

The rows show the three pairs in which both names are still in use. The last column compares each quart with the US liquid quart.
System of measurePintQuartQuart against the US liquid one
US liquid473.18 ml946.35 ml1
US dry550.61 ml1,101.22 ml1.164
British (imperial)568.26 ml1,136.52 ml1.201
The capacity of a quart in litres for any number of quarts is given by the liters to quarts converter. Any number of pints in millilitres, with a choice of the US liquid, imperial or US dry pint, comes from the pints to ml converter.

Which number formats does this converter handle?

The field accepts each of these formats and converts it, so you don’t need to tidy a number before you paste it. The table shows what the converter does with each one, and the converter worked out the results itself.
What you typeWhat the converter showsHow we read it
2.51.25 qtThe point is the decimal separator, so this is two and a half pints.
2,51.25 qtA comma followed by one digit is a European decimal comma, so we read it as two and a half.
1,500750 qtThree digits after the comma mark a thousands separator, so we count one thousand five hundred pints. The note “Read as 1500. If you meant 1.5, type 1.5.” appears under the field.
1.5000.75 qtA single point is always read as the decimal point, so this is one and a half pints. The note “Read as 1.5. If you meant 1500, type 1500.” appears under the field.
1 500750 qtA space between the thousands is skipped, so this is one thousand five hundred pints as well.
3/40.375 qtWe convert a fraction with a slash directly, so it doesn’t need to become 0.75 first.
1½0.75 qtA ½ character copied from a recipe or a label is added to the number in front of it.
2 pt1 qtA unit pasted along with the number is ignored, and we convert the value alone.

How do you convert pints to quarts?

The whole calculation is a single division. You will learn where to find the number of pints and how to read the half quart when the pint count is odd.

  1. Read the number of pints

    On an American package it stands next to pt or next to the word pint.

  2. Divide that number by two

    Six pints are three quarts. Ten pints give five quarts. Twelve pints are six quarts.

  3. Read the half as a fraction

    Five pints give 2.5 quarts, which is 2 1/2 quarts. Seven pints give 3.5 quarts, which is 3 1/2 quarts.

  4. Take the result further

    The Copy result button puts the number on the clipboard. The Swap order button turns the tool round to convert quarts to pints, and the Clear all button empties both fields.

What does the word quart mean outside the United States?

The name comes from the Latin quartus, a quarter, by way of the French quart[5]. The size of the measure differs from one country to the next.

In the United Kingdom goods may be sold by the quart as long as the equivalent metric measure is given as well[5]. Draught beer and cider are a separate case: the order on intoxicating liquor names their quantities in pints[3].

In Canadian French, by federal law, the imperial quart is called pinte[5]. Under that law the French word therefore names a measure of 1,136.52 millilitres. That is twice the imperial pint.

The dry quart belongs to a separate American series and is defined as one thirty-second of a US bushel[5].

Convert other units to Quarts

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Convert Pints to other units

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Sources

  1. Handbook 44, Appendix C: General Tables of Units of Measurement, 2026 edition — National Institute of Standards and Technology
  2. Pint — Wikipedia
  3. The Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988 no. 2039 — The National Archives, legislation.gov.uk
  4. The Weights and Measures (Specified Quantities) (Unwrapped Bread and Intoxicating Liquor) Order 2011 no. 2331 — The National Archives, legislation.gov.uk
  5. Quart — Wikipedia

Every figure in the tables was computed from the unit definitions and checked arithmetically before publication. Historical values and the names of local units come from the sources listed above.

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Frequently asked questions about pints and quarts

Is an imperial pint also half a quart?

Yes. The full table of British measures of capacity prints “2 pints = 1 quart”[1].

Does a dry quart also hold two pints?

Yes. The American table of dry measure prints “2 pints (pt) = 1 quart (qt) = 67.200 6 cubic inches”[1].

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