Plugs and voltage
Bahrain uses Type G sockets. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
At 230 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
BHD Bahraini Dinar BHD
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 0.3760 BHD (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 49 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Bahrain are about 49% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Arabicofficial87%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Bahrain is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Bahrain drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
14 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
December 2026
- National Day
- National Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
- Ashura (estimated)
- Ashura (estimated)
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
No warnings The FCDO does not advise against travel to Bahrain.
Updated 2026-10-27. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +973
- Internet domain
- .bh
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Saturday
- Read more
- Wikipedia
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Flag: Flag of Bahrain.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of Arms of The Kingdom of Bahrain.svg, CC0, Government of Bahrain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
