Pints to Liters
Convert us pint to liter instantly — type a value and read the result, with the exact formula shown.
Example
1 pt = 0.4731765 L, 5 pt = 2.365882 L, 10 pt = 4.731765 L.
How it works
Liter = US pint × 0.4731765. Every value is converted through a single liter base unit using internationally defined conversion factors, so any from/to pair stays consistent.
Good to know
Converting US pints to liters comes up constantly when an American recipe, a craft-beer batch, or a US lab protocol has to fit into a metric world. A pint of milk in a cookbook, a pint glass at a brewpub, or a pint of blood in a medical note all need to become liters before they make sense on a metric measuring jug or a European spec sheet.
The pint is an old English unit that the United States kept after independence, while the liter is the metric system's everyday volume unit, defined as exactly one cubic decimeter. Because the two systems were never reconciled, a US liquid pint lands at 0.4731765 L — noticeably smaller than the UK imperial pint, which is about 0.5683 L, so always check which pint you actually have.
The handy rule of thumb: a US pint is just under half a liter. Halve your pint count and you are within about 5% of the answer, which is close enough for cooking. For two pints, think "roughly a liter" (it is actually 0.946 L), and for the exact figure multiply by 0.4731765.
- Mixing up the US pint (16 fl oz) with the imperial pint (20 fl oz) is the single most common error and throws results off by about 20%.
Frequently asked questions
How do you convert us pint to liter?
Multiply the number of us pints by 0.4731765 to get liters. For example, 1 pt = 0.4731765 L.
What is 1 us pint in liters?
1 us pint equals 0.4731765 liters (1 pt = 0.4731765 L).
How many us pints are in 1 liter?
There are 2.113376 us pints in 1 liter.
Is this converter free and private?
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, so your inputs never leave your device, there is no sign-up, and it works offline once loaded.
Are the conversions exact?
Conversions use internationally defined factors and are exact where the definitions are exact (for example, 1 inch = 2.54 cm). Displayed results are rounded for readability.
People also ask
How many liters are in 2 US pints?
Two US pints equal 0.946353 liters (2 × 0.4731765). That is just shy of a full liter, which is why two pints is a useful mental stand-in for one liter.
Is a US pint the same as a UK pint in liters?
No. A US liquid pint is 0.4731765 L, while a UK (imperial) pint is about 0.568261 L. The imperial pint is roughly 20% larger, so a recipe or pub measure from Britain holds more than its American namesake.
How many liters is a pint of beer?
A standard US pint of beer is 0.473 liters. In the UK and Ireland, a pint of beer is the imperial pint at about 0.568 liters.
What is half a US pint in liters?
Half a US pint (one cup, 8 fl oz) is about 0.236588 liters, or roughly 237 milliliters.
How do I convert liters back to US pints?
Multiply liters by 2.113376 to get US pints. For example, 1 liter is 2.113376 pints and 2 liters is about 4.227 pints.
How many US pints are in a 1-liter bottle?
A 1-liter bottle holds about 2.11 US pints. So a 2-liter bottle is roughly 4.23 US pints.
Why is 1 US pint 0.4731765 liters exactly?
A US liquid pint is defined as 16 US fluid ounces, and one US gallon equals exactly 3.785411784 liters. Dividing that gallon by 8 gives the pint figure of 0.473176473 L, usually rounded to 0.4731765 L.
How many liters is a pint of blood?
A pint in US medical use is the standard US liquid pint, about 0.473 liters or roughly 473 milliliters, which is close to the typical volume of a single blood donation.
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