Pints to fluid ounces converter
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Convert pints to fluid ounces instantly: 1 US pint is 16 fl oz. Beer, milk and recipes, with the exact math and one-click copying.
a US pint is 16 fl oz; a UK pint is 20 and refuses to discuss it.
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Math, not advice — results are indicative. Read the disclaimer.
pro tips
Multiply by 16: 2 pints is 32 fl oz. A quart, if you're keeping score.
Half a pint is 8 fl oz, which is also one US cup — the kitchen's quiet overlap.
A UK pint is 20 fl oz, so a "pint" abroad is a fifth more than advertised.
what it does
One US pint is 16 fluid ounces. Multiply pints by 16 and the fluid ounces appear, which is the number the bottle, the recipe and the bartender's measure all secretly agree on.
It shows up when a recipe asks for "half a pint of cream" and your jug is marked in fluid ounces, when a growler is sold by the pint but poured by the ounce, when a blood-donation bag is described in pints and charted in ounces, and every imported recipe where the units arrived a little seasick.
The shortcut is generous: one pint is 16 fl oz, half a pint is 8, a quart is 32, a gallon is 128. Halving and doubling gets you almost everywhere, and the US-versus-UK pint is the one crack the shortcut can't paper over.
Type any pint value and the widget answers in fluid ounces instantly, with the math on screen. Click to copy, and use swap when a drink spec arrives in fluid ounces and has to be read back in pints.
quick answers
How many fluid ounces are in a pint?
16 in the US and 20 in the UK. The answer depends on which empire poured your drink.
Is 8 fl oz half a pint?
Yes — and also one cup. Volume units overlap more than they admit.
Why the difference between US and UK pints?
Two countries, two histories of measuring a gallon, and a refusal on both sides to change a word that already sells beer.