Pints to cups converter
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Convert pints to cups instantly: 1 US pint is 2 cups. Recipes, drinks and kitchen math, with the exact math and one-click copying.
a pint is 2 cups — the recipe that refuses to be complicated.
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Double it: 1 pint is 2 cups, 2 pints is 4. The cleanest conversion in the kitchen.
2 pints is 4 cups, which is 1 quart — the ladder in one step.
8 fl oz per cup and 16 per pint — the same doubling, said in ounces.
what it does
One pint is 2 cups. Multiply pints by 2 and the cups appear — no decimals, no fractions, just the kitchen math that survived every metric reform.
It shows up when a recipe asks for a pint of milk and the jug is marked in cups, when a party drink is planned in pints and poured in cups, when a batter is scaled and "1 pint" becomes "2 cups" for anyone who thinks in cups, and in any baking session where the units are already round and nobody wants to break them.
The shortcut is doubling: 1 pint is 2 cups, 2 pints is 4 cups (a quart), 3 pints is 6 cups. The whole US volume ladder is powers of two, which is why cups, pints, quarts and gallons keep showing up together.
Type any pint value and the widget answers in cups instantly, with the math on screen. Click to copy, and swap when a cup-based recipe has to be measured out in pints.
quick answers
How many cups are in a pint?
Two in the US, and two in the UK imperial pint too. One of the few units that agrees across the pond.
Is 2 pints a quart?
Yes — 4 cups, 2 pints, 1 quart. Powers of two all the way down.
Why keep cups at all?
Because doubling is easier than dividing, and no recipe wants a decimal point where a cup will do.