How many cups are there in a pint?
There are 2 cups in a fluid pint and 2.37 cups in a dry pint in US. There are 1.76 imperial cups in an imperial pint and 2.27 metric cups in an imperial pint in UK.
Please note that, UK now use the metric cups (250 mL) but if you need the pint to cup conversion from the old recipes, then you may still need the use the capacities from the imperial pints and the cups.
If you would like to find out how many pints in "x" cups and compare the values in the conversion table, please check cups to pints converter page.
How to convert from pints to cups?
To convert from pints to cups, multiply the number of pints "x" by 2 for US, multiply by 1.76 for the imperial system and also multiply by 2.27 from imperial pints to the metric cups.
For example, to find out how many cups there are in one and a half US fluid pint, multiply 1.5 by 2, that makes 3 cups in 1.5 US fluid pints.
Please note that, if you are converting pints to cups from cooking recipes, it might be important to know where this recipe is originated from. For example, for a UK recipe the pint capacity is larger (500 mL) and if you are in US (473.17 mL) then you may want to convert between these two pints using this cooking units conversion tool for the accurate measurement.
What is a pint?
Pint is an imperial and US customary measurement system volume unit. There is one type of pint in the imperial system and 2 types (fluid and dry) in the US customary measurement system. One pint is half of a quart and close to the half of a liter (litre). 1 US fluid pint is 473.176 mL, 1 US dry pint is 550.61 mL and 1 imperial pint is 500 mL. The abbreviation is "pt".
To convert pints to milliliters (mL) and compare the values in the conversion table, please check pints to milliliters converter page.
What is a cup?
Cup is a volume unit used to measure the liquid and dry foods. There is no international standard for the cup sizes but mostly US and metric cups are used. 1 US cup is 8 US fluid ounces, 1 imperial cup is 10 imperial fluid ounces, 1 Canadian cup is 8 imperial fluid ounces and 1 metric cup is 250 mL. The abbreviation is "c".
To convert cups to ounces and compare the values in the conversion table, please check cups to ounces converter page.
The list for your reference:
1 US Fluid Pint = 2 US Cups
1 US Dry Pint = 2.327294388 US Cups
1 Imperial Pint = 1.75975 Imperial Cups
1 Imperial Pint = 2.273045 Metric Cups
For US Pints:
1/8 pint = 1/4 cup
1/4 pint = 1/2 fl oz
1/2 pint = 1 cup
1 pint = 2 cups
3/2 pints = 3 cups
2 pints = 4 cups
5/2 pints = 5 cups
5 pints = 10 cups
10 pints = 20 cups
For Imperial Pints to Metric Cups:
1/8 pint = 0.28 cup
1/4 pint = 0.56 cup
1/2 pint = 1.13 cup
1 pint = 2.27 cups
3/2 pints = 3.4 cups
2 pints = 4.5 cups
5/2 pints = 5.6 cups
5 pints = 11.3 cups
10 pints = 22.7 cups
To find out how many cups there are in "x" pints for all conversion values please check the table below. If the pints to cups conversion value that you are looking for is not listed in the conversion table, you may also create your own custom conversion table.
