Liters to pints converter
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Convert liters to pints instantly: 1 liter is 2.11 US pints. Beer, milk and recipes, with the exact math and one-click copying.
a litre is 2.11 US pints — a beer in two countries at once.
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pro tips
Rough math: multiply by 2.1. A litre is a bit over two US pints.
A 500 ml can is 16.9 fl oz — just over a US pint and just under a UK one.
A litre of milk is 2.11 US pints, or about 1.76 UK pints. Both are "a litre".
what it does
One liter is 2.113 US pints. Multiply liters by 2.11 and the pints appear, which turns a metric bottle into pub portions you can actually picture.
It shows up when a 500 ml bottle of beer is described as "a little over a pint", when a recipe calls for a litre of stock and the jug is marked in pints, when a milk carton is sold by the litre but poured by the pint, and in every conversation where metric and imperial both claim the same glass.
The shortcut: 500 ml is about a US pint, 1 litre is just over two, and a UK pint at 20 fl oz means a litre is about 1.76 of them — the reason a "pint" means different amounts on either side of the Atlantic.
Type any liter value and the widget answers in pints instantly, with the math in the hint. Click to copy, and swap when a pint measurement has to be read back in liters.
quick answers
How many pints are in a liter?
2.11 US pints, or 1.76 UK pints. The litre doesn't change; the pint does.
How many pints is 2 liters?
About 4.23 US pints. Two litres is a little over two US quarts, or 3.5 UK pints, depending on which pint you are pouring.
Why do pints differ by country?
Two histories of measuring a gallon. The litre is the one unit everyone agrees on.