Convert Imperial quarts to US quarts
1 imperial quart is 1.2 qt. One imperial quart is exactly 1.2009499255 US quarts.
One imperial quart is 1.2009499 US quarts. To convert imperial quarts to US quarts, multiply by 1.2009499; to go the other way, divide by 1.2009499 or multiply by 0.83267418. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 130. A quarter of an imperial gallon, 1.1365225 liters exactly.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Imperial quarts × 1.2009499
1 * 1.20094991.201 qt
1 imperial quart in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 230.5823857 tsp | × 230.582385697 |
| US tablespoons | 76.86079523 tbsp | × 76.8607952323 |
| US fluid ounces | 38.43039762 fl oz | × 38.4303976162 |
| US cups | 4.803799702 cup | × 4.80379970202 |
| US pints | 2.401899851 pt | × 2.40189985101 |
| US quarts | 1.200949926 qt | × 1.2009499255 |
| US gallons | 0.3002374814 gal | × 0.300237481376 |
| milliliters | 1,136.5225 ml | × 1,136.5225 |
| liters | 1.1365225 L | × 1.1365225 |
| imperial gallons | 0.25 gal (UK) | × 0.25 |
| imperial quarts (as entered) | 1 qt (UK) | — |
| imperial pints | 2 pt (UK) | × 2 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 40 fl oz (UK) | × 40 |
| imperial gills | 8 gi (UK) | × 8 |
| cubic millimetres | 1,136,522.5 mm³ | × 1,136,522.5 |
| cubic centimetres | 1,136.5225 cm³ | × 1,136.5225 |
| cubic inches | 69.3548582 in³ | × 69.3548581979 |
| cubic feet | 0.04013591331 ft³ | × 0.040135913309 |
| cubic yards | 0.001486515308 yd³ | × 0.00148651530774 |
| cubic metres | 0.0011365225 m³ | × 0.0011365225 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 130 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert imperial quarts to US quarts? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in imperial quarts.
- 2.Multiply by 1.2009499 — that is how many US quarts fit in one imperial quart.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1.2009499, or multiply by 0.83267418.
Worked example: 25 imperial quarts to US quarts
- Formula
- qt (UK) × 1.2009499 = qt
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 1.2009499 = 30.02 qt
- Answer
- 25 qt (UK) = 30.02 qt
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Imperial quarts to US quarts conversion table
| Imperial quarts | US quarts |
|---|---|
| 1 qt (UK) | 1.2 qt |
| 2 qt (UK) | 2.4 qt |
| 3 qt (UK) | 3.6 qt |
| 4 qt (UK) | 4.8 qt |
| 5 qt (UK) | 6 qt |
| 6 qt (UK) | 7.21 qt |
| 7 qt (UK) | 8.41 qt |
| 8 qt (UK) | 9.61 qt |
| 9 qt (UK) | 10.81 qt |
| 10 qt (UK) | 12.01 qt |
| 12 qt (UK) | 14.41 qt |
| 15 qt (UK) | 18.01 qt |
| 20 qt (UK) | 24.02 qt |
| 25 qt (UK) | 30.02 qt |
| 50 qt (UK) | 60.05 qt |
| 100 qt (UK) | 120.09 qt |
| 200 qt (UK) | 240.19 qt |
| 300 qt (UK) | 360.28 qt |
| 500 qt (UK) | 600.47 qt |
| 1000 qt (UK) | 1,200.95 qt |
| 2000 qt (UK) | 2,401.9 qt |
| 5000 qt (UK) | 6,004.75 qt |
| 10000 qt (UK) | 12,009.5 qt |
Both quarts are a quarter of a gallon, and the gallons are different
The imperial quart is 1.1365225 liters and the US quart is 0.946352946 — the same 20% gap as the gallons they come from. A US quart is close enough to a liter for a recipe to swap them; an imperial quart is not, and treating one as the other overfills by about 14%.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is an imperial quart?
A quarter of an imperial gallon, 1.1365225 liters exactly. It is larger than a US quart by the same fifth that separates the two gallons.
What is a US quart?
Two pints, about 946 ml, and close enough to a liter that recipes swap them.
How many US quarts are in an imperial quart?
One imperial quart is 1.2009499 US quarts. Going the other way, one US quart is 0.83267418 imperial quarts. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every volume unit here
The whole group — 20 units with their symbols and the size of each one in liters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to an imperial quart.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US quarts are in an imperial quart?
- 1.2009499. Two pints, about 946 ml, and close enough to a liter that recipes swap them.
- How do I convert US quarts back to imperial quarts?
- Divide by 1.2009499, or multiply by 0.83267418 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
US quarts to imperial quarts — the same conversion the other way.