How Many Quarts in a Pint?
0.5 qt
1 US pint equals 0.5 quart; it takes 2 pints to make 1 US quart.
UK: 1 imperial pint (568.3 ml) = 0.5 imp qt
Exact: 1 pt = 0.5 qt
Pints to Quarts conversion chart
| Pints | Quarts |
|---|---|
| 0.25 pt | 0.125 |
| 0.5 pt | 0.25 |
| 0.75 pt | 0.375 |
| 1 pt | 0.5 |
| 1.5 pt | 0.75 |
| 2 pt | 1 |
| 2.5 pt | 1.25 |
| 3 pt | 1.5 |
| 4 pt | 2 |
| 5 pt | 2.5 |
| 6 pt | 3 |
| 8 pt | 4 |
| 10 pt | 5 |
| 12 pt | 6 |
| 16 pt | 8 |
| 20 pt | 10 |
| 24 pt | 12 |
| 32 pt | 16 |
How to convert pints to quarts
quarts = pints ÷ 2
Example: 2 pt ÷ 2 = 1 qt.
Divide the pints by 2, which is the same as halving them. Even counts land on whole quarts and odd counts leave half a quart over: 5 pints are 2.5 quarts, and 7 pints are 3.5 quarts.
Less than a pint gives a small share of a quart. Half a pint is 0.25 quart, which is one cup, and a quarter pint is 0.125 quart.
If you think in cups, the check is quick. A pint holds 2 cups and a quart holds 4 cups, so count the cups, divide by 4, and you land on the same number of quarts.
US vs UK pints and quarts
The British quart is also made of two pints, just bigger ones. 2 imperial pints make an imperial quart of 1,137 ml, compared with 946 ml for the US quart.
The trouble starts when one recipe mixes the two. An imperial pint is 0.6005 of a US quart, so a pair of imperial pints overflows it at 1.201 quarts. When a British recipe gives pints and your jars are American, work in milliliters (millilitres) instead.
| Unit | Size | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| US pint | 473.2 ml | US |
| imperial pint | 568.3 ml | UK |
| US quart | 946.4 ml | US |
| imperial quart | 1,137 ml | UK |
Swapping pint jars for quart jars
A recipe that yields 6 pints fills 3 quart jars instead, and one that yields 5 pints fills two quart jars plus one pint jar. Fewer, larger jars mean less washing and labeling.
If you are canning, follow the jar size your tested recipe was written for. For freezing or the fridge, any mix of pint and quart containers works as long as the total volume matches.
Pints and quarts: questions
How many quarts are 4 pints?
4 pints make 2 quarts, which is a half gallon. Four pint jars of soup would fill two quart containers, or one half-gallon jug, with nothing left over. That is also 8 cups.
Which is bigger, a pint or a quart?
The quart is bigger, twice the size of a pint. A pint is 2 cups or 16 fluid ounces, while a quart is 4 cups or 32 fluid ounces. So one quart jar holds what two pint jars do.
Is a UK pint half of a UK quart?
Yes. British measures follow the same pattern, so an imperial quart is two imperial pints, or 40 imp fl oz. Just keep both units British, since a US quart is smaller than two imperial pints.
How many quarts is 3 pints?
3 pints make 1.5 quarts: one full quart plus one pint. In jars, that is exactly one quart jar and one pint jar, or 6 cups if you are measuring with a cup.
How many quarts is 10 pints?
10 pints equal 5 quarts, or 1.25 gallons. That many quart jars hold it exactly, with no pint jar needed. For amounts this large, the pints to gallons converter gives a tidier figure for storage and shopping.
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Sources: Unit definitions: NIST Handbook 44 · Last reviewed · Report an error
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