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Volume & capacity

Just how much is 1 UK pint?

A spoonful

1 UK pt

Scale
1 UK pint

The quantity is exact as entered.

568.3 mlVolume
500 ml bottle

A bottle is a container with a narrow neck for storing and pouring liquids.

500 mlVolume
These are equal-volume cubes. Edge lengths grow with the cube root of capacity; the cubes do not depict container exteriors.

A little perspective

1 UK pint is about 1.14 times the capacity of a 500 ml bottle.

Measurements, assumptions & sources +

1 UK pint

Volume: 568.3 ml; definition.

The quantity is exact as entered. Comparisons use the clearly stated specimen, model or nominal measurement.

NIST — SI conversion factors

500 ml bottle

Volume: 500 ml; example.

Defined 500 ml capacity. Actual containers, servings and fills vary. Outer shape is not used to calculate capacity.

Defined examples — our methodology

The marked volume is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.

Measurement details

Why these numbers?

Compare 1 UK pint with the volume of a 500 ml bottle. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.

1 UK pint

568.3 ml

Volume · definition

The quantity is exact as entered. Comparisons use the clearly stated specimen, model or nominal measurement.

500 ml bottle

500 ml

Volume · example

Defined 500 ml capacity. Actual containers, servings and fills vary. Outer shape is not used to calculate capacity.

Comparing
Volume ↔ Volume
Relative size
1 UK pint is about 1.14 times the capacity of a 500 ml bottle. 1 UK pint is approximately 13.7% greater than the volume of a 500 ml bottle.

How to read the visual

The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.

  • The volume of a 500 ml bottle: This is an illustrative comparison value, not a claim that every example is the same.

Volume measures three-dimensional space; a container’s capacity is not its outside dimensions.

0.56826 Llitres
0.00056826 m³cubic metres
0.15012 US galUS gallons
0.125 UK galUK gallons

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