A quart is a unit of volume equal to one quarter of a gallon in the U.S. system.

Quick Scoop: How much is a quart?

  • 1 U.S. liquid quart = 2 pints.
  • 1 quart = 4 cups.
  • 1 quart ≈ 32 fluid ounces (fl oz).
  • 1 quart ≈ 0.946 liters (about 0.95 L).
  • 4 quarts = 1 gallon.

In everyday life, you can picture a quart as roughly the size of a typical carton of milk or broth you’d buy at the grocery store.

US vs. UK (Imperial) quart

There are slightly different “quarts” in the world:

  • U.S. liquid quart ≈ 0.946 L.
  • U.S. dry quart ≈ 1.10 L.
  • U.K. (imperial) quart ≈ 1.136 L.

So if a recipe says “1 quart” and it’s American, it almost always means the U.S. liquid quart (about 0.95 L).

Easy memory trick

Many people remember it this way:

“A quart is a quarter of a gallon.”

So:

  • 1 gallon = 4 quarts
  • 2 quarts = half a gallon.

That “quart = quarter gallon” hook shows up often in cooking guides and even in forum discussions where people swap unit tips.

TL;DR: A quart is a volume unit equal to 2 pints, 4 cups, about 32 fl oz, or about 0.95 liters, and it’s one quarter of a U.S. gallon.

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