Pints to Cups Converter

About US pints and US cups

Volume units are everywhere in cooking, drinks, fuel and medicine. US recipes use cups, tablespoons and fluid ounces; most of the world uses millilitres and litres.

This converter changes US pints (pt) into US cups (cup) instantly. You can also type in the second box to convert backwards, or pick any other volume unit from the menus.

Formula

Both units are defined in litres: 1 US pint = 0.473176473 litre, and 1 US cup = 0.2365882365 litre. Dividing one by the other gives the factor above.

Worked example

To convert 12 pt: 12 × 2 = 24 cup.

Notes and assumptions

Uses US customary units. A metric cup is 250 mL and a UK (imperial) gallon is 4.54609 L, so results differ if your recipe or spec uses those.

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US pints to US cups conversion table

How to convert by hand

1. Take the value in US pints.
2. Multiply it by 2.
3. Round only at the end.

Common mistakes

• Mixing US and UK units. A UK pint (568 mL) is about 20% bigger than a US pint (473 mL).
• Treating fluid ounces (volume) and ounces (weight) as the same thing. They only match for water-like liquids.
• Using a metric cup (250 mL) recipe with a US cup (236.6 mL) measure. The gap is small but adds up in baking.

Sources

• Unit definitions and exact conversion factors: NIST Special Publication 811, Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI).

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31 Oct 2026

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