Convert US Cup (cup) to US Pint (pt) instantly. Enter any value — result updates live.
Converting US Cup to US Pint is a common volume conversion. One us cup (cup) equals 0.5 us pint (pt). Cups are the most common volume measurement in American home cooking and baking.
This conversion is commonly needed for cooking and baking recipes, fuel and vehicle maintenance, aquarium and pool sizing. Pints are common in US and UK food service, especially for beverages and produce.
To put us cup in perspective: 2 cups of flour for a basic cake recipe. In us pint, common references include a pint of beer.
The US cup (240 mL) isn't a formally defined SI or imperial unit — it varies slightly from Commonwealth and Japanese 'cup' measurements, a common source of recipe conversion errors.
'A pint's a pound the world around' is a common but inaccurate kitchen mnemonic — it's only true for water in the US customary system, not for most other liquids or the UK imperial pint.
People frequently convert between us cup and us pint for:
| US Cup (cup) | US Pint (pt) |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 0.5 pt |
| 2 cup | 1 pt |
| 5 cup | 2.5 pt |
| 10 cup | 5 pt |
| 15 cup | 7.5 pt |
| 20 cup | 10 pt |
| 25 cup | 12.5 pt |
| 30 cup | 15 pt |
| 50 cup | 25 pt |
| 100 cup | 50 pt |
| 200 cup | 100 pt |
| 500 cup | 250 pt |
| 1000 cup | 500 pt |