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How Many Pints Are in a Quart?

November 10, 2026

There are 2 pints in a U.S. quart. That is exact: a U.S. quart is 32 fluid ounces, and a U.S. pint is 16 fluid ounces, so two pints fill a quart. An imperial quart, used in some older British recipes, is also 2 imperial pints, but those pints are larger.

Two smaller clear glass measuring cups filled with water in front of a larger glass measuring cup also filled with water — Two U.S. pints make one quart.

Quick conversion

Measure	Equals
1 U.S. quart	2 U.S. pints
1 U.S. pint	16 U.S. fluid ounces, or 2 cups
1 U.S. quart	32 U.S. fluid ounces, or 4 cups
1 imperial (U.K.) quart	2 imperial pints, or 40 imperial fluid ounces
1 imperial pint	20 imperial fluid ounces, about 568 mL

These are liquid measures. NIST lists 1 liquid quart as 2 liquid pints, or 946 milliliters. See the kitchen measurement conversion chart for the pint-quart-gallon ladder.

Two pints fill a quart

Two clear glass pint mason jars filled with water standing beside a larger clear glass quart mason jar also filled with water — Two pint jars hold the same volume as one quart jar.

Two pint mason jars hold the same volume as one quart jar. Four U.S. cups also make a quart. Related guides: cups in a quart, ounces in a pint and ounces in a quart. A dry pint, used for berries, is a different measure; this page is about the liquid U.S. pint and quart.

In the U.S. kitchen, the ladder is always the same: 2 cups make a pint, 2 pints make a quart, and 4 quarts make a gallon. Ice-cream “pints” and dry pints of berries are sold in cartons that may not match a liquid pint exactly, so this chart is for liquid measuring cups and canning jars. If a British recipe lists pints, check whether it means imperial pints before you pour.

If you are halving a quart of stock, you need one pint, or 2 cups. If you are doubling a pint of cream, you need one quart. Keeping that 2-to-1 relationship in mind is faster than converting everything to ounces every time.

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