How many cups in a quart?
1 quart = 4 cups
32 fl oz · 2 pints · 946 mL
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Other cup standards
US cups: 4 · nutrition-label cups (240 mL): 3.943 · metric cups (250 mL): 3.785 · UK fluid ounces: 33.31
US liquid units step up by doubling: 2 cups make a pint, 2 pints make a quart, and 4 quarts make a gallon. That puts 4 cups and 32 fl oz in a quart. The name comes from its place on that ladder, a quarter of a gallon.
Quarts turn up on cartons of broth and milk, on deli containers and in recipes for stock, soup or brine. A 4-cup liquid measuring cup is a one-quart measure, which makes it the easiest tool to grab when a recipe asks for a quart of water.
| Quarts | Cups | Fluid ounces | Liters | mL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.25 | 1 | 8 | 0.237 | 237 |
| 0.5 | 2 | 16 | 0.473 | 473 |
| 1 | 4 | 32 | 0.946 | 946 |
| 1.5 | 6 | 48 | 1.42 | 1,420 |
| 2 | 8 | 64 | 1.893 | 1,893 |
| 3 | 12 | 96 | 2.839 | 2,839 |
| 4 | 16 | 128 | 3.785 | 3,785 |
| Unit | Quarts | Pints | Cups | Fluid ounces | mL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 gallon | 4 | 8 | 16 | 128 | 3,785 |
| 1 quart | 1 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 946 |
| 1 pint | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 473 |
| 1 cup | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 8 | 237 |
| 1 fl oz | 0.0313 | 0.0625 | 0.125 | 1 | 30 |
| Measure | US | UK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 237 mL | 250 mL (metric cup) |
| 1 pint | 473 mL | 568 mL |
| 1 quart | 946 mL | 1,137 mL |
| 1 gallon | 3,785 mL | 4,546 mL |
Quart vs. liter
A liter is a little larger than a US quart: 1,000 mL against 946 mL, or about 33.8 fl oz against 32. In most cooking you can swap one for the other. For brines and doughs where ratios matter, measure the actual amount the recipe gives.
US quart vs. UK quart and dry quarts
A UK (imperial) quart is 2 imperial pints, about 38.4 US fl oz or 4.8 US cups, so British recipes that use quarts call for noticeably more liquid. Berries and other produce are sometimes sold by the dry quart, which is a little larger than a liquid quart.
Questions
How many cups in a quart?
4 US cups, which is 32 fl oz.
How many ounces in a quart?
32 fl oz in a US quart.
How many quarts in a gallon?
4 quarts, or 16 cups.
Is a quart bigger than a liter?
No, a liter is slightly bigger: 1 liter is about 1.06 US quarts.
Sources: US customary units: NIST Handbook 44. How we calculate.