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Bahrain visa rules for United States passport holders

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The answer

Visa on arrival. United States passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Bahrain.

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Official source

bahrain.bhBahrain National Portal (bahrain.bh), Government of the Kingdom of BahrainChecked 30 Oct 2026

Visitors from 69 countries can receive visas upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Visa is issued at Bahrain International Airport.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Bahrain passport holders need to visit the United States.

Bahrain passport United States

Visa needed

A citizen of a foreign country who seeks to enter the United States generally must first obtain a U.S. visa, which is placed in the traveler's passport.

Bahrain passport to the United States, full page

Visa-free nearby

Other places United States passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Manama, nearest first.

  1. OmanMuscat, about 840 km from ManamaVisa-free · 14 days
  2. ArmeniaYerevan, about 1,650 km from ManamaVisa-free · 180 days
  3. GeorgiaTbilisi, about 1,800 km from ManamaVisa-free · 12 months
  4. CyprusNicosia, about 1,920 km from ManamaVisa-free · 90 days
  5. TajikistanDushanbe, about 2,180 km from ManamaVisa-free · 30 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Manama

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Manama, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 20.7°CLow 14.8°CRain 18 mm
  2. FebHigh 22.0°CLow 15.7°CRain 14 mm
  3. MarHigh 25.8°CLow 18.5°CRain 15 mm
  4. AprHigh 30.7°CLow 22.9°CRain 6 mm
  5. MayHigh 36.2°CLow 27.5°CRain 1 mm
  6. JunHigh 38.5°CLow 30.3°CRain 0 mm
  7. JulHigh 39.8°CLow 32.0°CRain 0 mm
  8. AugHigh 39.9°CLow 32.0°CRain 0 mm
  9. SepHigh 37.7°CLow 30.0°CRain 0 mm
  10. OctHigh 34.1°CLow 27.0°CRain 1 mm
  11. NovHigh 27.9°CLow 21.8°CRain 17 mm
  12. DecHigh 22.8°CLow 16.9°CRain 15 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 18 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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