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How Many Pints Are in a Gallon?

November 10, 2026

A U.S. gallon holds 8 pints. Each of those pints is 16 fluid ounces, or 2 cups, so a gallon is also 16 cups or 128 fluid ounces.

A clear plastic one-gallon water jug standing beside eight clear glass pint mason jars filled with water, arranged in two rows of four — Eight U.S. pints fill one U.S. gallon.

Quick conversion

Measure	Equals
1 U.S. gallon	8 U.S. pints
1/2 gallon	4 pints
1 quart	2 pints
1 U.S. pint	2 cups, or 16 fluid ounces
1 U.S. gallon	16 cups, or 128 fluid ounces
1 imperial gallon	8 imperial pints, or about 1.2 U.S. gallons

These U.S. figures follow NIST conversion tables. Related guides: ounces in a gallon, cups in a gallon, ounces in a pint and the kitchen measurement conversion chart.

Pints, quarts and gallons

Two pints make a quart, and four quarts make a gallon, so the pint count is 8. If you are batching soup or iced tea, 2 gallons is 16 pints. See also quarts in a gallon and cups in a pint.

A large plastic gallon jug of water standing beside four identical glass jars of water on a wooden table — A U.S. gallon holds four quarts, or eight pints.

U.S. gallons and imperial gallons

An imperial (U.K.) gallon is 4.546 liters, larger than the U.S. gallon of 3.785 liters. It still divides into 8 pints, but each imperial pint is 20 imperial fluid ounces, or about 568 milliliters. Do not swap a U.S. pint for an imperial pint in a British recipe without converting.

In the grocery store, a half-gallon carton of milk is 4 pints, and two of those cartons fill a gallon. If you are packing drinks for a crowd, count 8 pint bottles or jars per gallon, or 16 if you are using 8-ounce cups instead of 16-ounce pints.

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