Imperial Pints to US Pints (pt (UK) to pt)

1 imperial pint equals 1.200949926 US pints (rounded).

1 imperial pint = 1.200949926 US pints

How to convert imperial pints to US pints

To convert imperial pints to US pints, multiply the number of imperial pints by 1.200949926. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply US pints by 0.8326741846 (rounded).

US pints = imperial pints × 1.200949926

Example: 10 imperial pints = 12.00949926 US pints.

Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.

About these units

Imperial Pint (pt (UK))

Imperial (British)Current unit

Exactly 568.26125 mL (20 imperial fluid ounces). The pint of beer and milk in the UK and Ireland.

The imperial pint derives from Parliament's 1824 decision to replace Britain's assorted gallons with one defined by ten pounds of water at 62 degrees Fahrenheit. A pint is one eighth of that gallon and holds 20 imperial fluid ounces, or exactly 568.26125 milliliters. The word reached English from French pinte, which in modern French now means half a liter, while Canadian French uses it for the imperial quart.

That pint is about 20 percent larger than the US liquid pint of 473 mL, so a pint in Dublin or London buys noticeably more beer than one in Chicago. When Britain metricated, the pint was kept for draught beer and cider and for milk in returnable bottles, and draught beer has to be served in measured, stamped glasses. Culturally the pint is more than a measure: it is shorthand for a night at the pub.

1 imperial pint = 0.56826125 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Pint; UK Weights and Measures Act 1985, Schedule 1

US Pint (pt)

US customaryCurrent unit

One eighth of a US gallon, 473.176 mL (16 US fluid ounces). The US pint is about 17% smaller than the imperial pint.

Pint seems to come from Old French pinte, possibly from a Latin word meaning painted, perhaps because capacity marks were painted on containers. British North America inherited the 231-cubic-inch wine gallon around 1707, and the US liquid pint was derived from it as one eighth. After Britain adopted the imperial gallon in 1824, American and British pints parted ways for good.

Today the US liquid pint is exactly 28.875 cubic inches, or 473.176473 milliliters. The imperial pint, at 568.26125 mL, is about 20 percent larger. That is why a pint of beer in an American bar is a lesser drink than a pint in an English pub, and why recipes from different countries cannot swap pints blindly. In the US a pint is a common size for ice cream, cream and craft beer, and a separate US dry pint of about 550.6 milliliters measures blueberries and cherry tomatoes.

1 US pint = 0.473176473 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Pint; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume

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