There are two common types of pints to consider when converting from liters:
- US liquid pint: 1 liter equals approximately 2.113 US liquid pints.
- UK (imperial) pint: 1 liter equals approximately 1.76 UK pints.
The US pint is part of the US customary system, while the liter is a metric unit. The exact conversion for US liquid pints is about 2.1134 pints per liter
. For the UK pint, which is larger than the US pint, 1 liter is about 1.75 pints
Summary:
Unit System| Pints in 1 Liter
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US liquid pint| ~2.113 pints
UK (imperial) pint| ~1.75 pints
So, if you are using US pints, multiply liters by about 2.113 to get pints; if using UK pints, multiply by about 1.75