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Gallons to Pints Converter

Convert US gallons to pints and back, keeping quarts, cups, and metric liters handy for batch sizing.

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Quick Summary

Use this when you need:

Scale beverage or soup recipes between gallons and pints
Check keg or cooler capacities quoted in pints against gallon labels
Share batch sizes with teams using metric liters

You’ll get:Volume

How this is calculated

Formula:

volume_target = volume_source

In plain language:

Volumes normalize to cubic meters, then render as gallons, pints, quarts, cups, or metric units with exact US customary factors.

The formula is always visible so you can verify the math and explain your numbers to anyone who asks.

What these terms mean

Volume

Volume used in the calculation.

When to use this calculator

Scale beverage or soup recipes between gallons and pints
Check keg or cooler capacities quoted in pints against gallon labels
Share batch sizes with teams using metric liters

Last updated: November 27, 2025

Gallons to pints explained

Bulk ingredients and bar kegs are listed in gallons, while serving sizes often show pints. In US liquid units, $1\,\text{gal} = 8\,\text{pt} = 4\,\text{qt} = 16\,\text{cups} = 128\,\text{fl oz}$ . This converter swaps between them and exposes metric liters so you can order, prep, and portion without manual math.

How the conversion works

All values convert to cubic metres first; then exact US customary factors apply.

$\text{pints} = \text{gallons} \times 8$ $\text{gallons} = \text{pints} \div 8$ $\text{liters} = \text{gallons} \times 3.785411784$

Units and conversions

Unit	Symbol	Relation
US gallon	gal	$1\,\text{gal} = 3.785411784\,\text{L}$
Pint (US)	pt	$1\,\text{pt} = 0.125\,\text{gal}$
Quart	qt	$1\,\text{qt} = 0.25\,\text{gal}$
Cup (US)	cup	$1\,\text{cup} = 0.0625\,\text{gal}$
Fluid ounce	fl oz	$1\,\text{fl oz} = 0.0078125\,\text{gal}$

Worked examples

Party punch
$3\,\text{gal} \times 8 = 24\,\text{pt}$ .
Ice cream order
$16\,\text{pt} \div 8 = 2\,\text{gal}$ .
Soup stock from quarts
$5\,\text{qt} \div 4 = 1.25\,\text{gal}$ ; multiply by 8 for pints: $10\,\text{pt}$ .

Tips and pitfalls

Use US liquid pints (473.176 mL); imperial pints are 568 mL and will skew batch counts by ~20%.
For menu costing, round pints to the nearest tenth; keep gallons to three decimals when ordering syrups or spirits in bulk.
If you need mass, multiply gallons by density and 3.785411784 to get kilograms; water is about 3.785 kg per gallon.

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Last updated: November 27, 2025

Gallons to pints explained

How the conversion works

All values convert to cubic metres first; then exact US customary factors apply.

$\text{pints} = \text{gallons} \times 8$ $\text{gallons} = \text{pints} \div 8$ $\text{liters} = \text{gallons} \times 3.785411784$

Units and conversions

Unit	Symbol	Relation
US gallon	gal	$1\,\text{gal} = 3.785411784\,\text{L}$
Pint (US)	pt	$1\,\text{pt} = 0.125\,\text{gal}$
Quart	qt	$1\,\text{qt} = 0.25\,\text{gal}$
Cup (US)	cup	$1\,\text{cup} = 0.0625\,\text{gal}$
Fluid ounce	fl oz	$1\,\text{fl oz} = 0.0078125\,\text{gal}$

Worked examples

Party punch
$3\,\text{gal} \times 8 = 24\,\text{pt}$ .
Ice cream order
$16\,\text{pt} \div 8 = 2\,\text{gal}$ .
Soup stock from quarts
$5\,\text{qt} \div 4 = 1.25\,\text{gal}$ ; multiply by 8 for pints: $10\,\text{pt}$ .

Tips and pitfalls

Use US liquid pints (473.176 mL); imperial pints are 568 mL and will skew batch counts by ~20%.
For menu costing, round pints to the nearest tenth; keep gallons to three decimals when ordering syrups or spirits in bulk.
If you need mass, multiply gallons by density and 3.785411784 to get kilograms; water is about 3.785 kg per gallon.

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What these terms mean

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Gallons to pints explained

How the conversion works

Units and conversions

Worked examples

Tips and pitfalls

References and further reading

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