---
title: "National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain) Exchange Rate API: BHD Buy and Sell Rates as JSON"
description: "National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain)'s counter board rates for 12 currencies against the Bahraini dinar, read hourly from the bank's own page and served as JSON with the Central Bank of Bahrain official rate alongside. REST, JavaScript and Python examples."
canonical: https://allratestoday.com/blog/national-bank-of-kuwait-bahrain-exchange-rate-api/
source: AllRatesToday (https://allratestoday.com/) — Markdown mirror of the page above; index of all pages at https://allratestoday.com/llms.txt
generated: 2026-11-15T19:14:03.589Z
---

National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait’s largest bank, operates a branch in Bahrain. Its Bahrain currency-rates page lists buying and selling rates in dinars for about 14 currencies, with a last-updated time. This guide shows how to read that board as JSON: what the rates mean, how they compare with the Central Bank of Bahrain official rate, and the calls that return them.

## What the NBK Bahrain board shows

- **12 currencies against the Bahraini dinar**: AED, AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, JOD, JPY, KWD, OMR, QAR, SAR and USD. Every value is BHD per 1 unit of the foreign currency.
- **The counter board pair.** The Bahraini dinar is pegged to the US dollar at 0.376, so dollar rates barely move and banks quote other currencies to five or more decimals. The board here is a bank counter board in dinars per unit of foreign currency. The Central Bank of Bahrain official rate is shown next to each row.
- **USD on 15 November 2026**: NBK Bahrain bought at 0.3761 and sold at 0.378 BHD, a spread of 0.51%. The Central Bank of Bahrain official rate was 0.3761, so the bank's mid sat +0.26% from it.
- **The bank's own timestamp.** The page prints a last-updated stamp (`15 November 2026 09:15 (Bahrain)` on the board above), returned as `bank_updated_at` next to our `captured_at`.
- **Every day's board is kept permanently, from 14 November 2026.** Read one past day with `?date=`, or a range for one currency with the `/history` endpoint (paid plans).

## Spreads across the board

On the 15 November 2026 board the tightest spreads were USD (0.51%), SAR (1.05%), AED (1.06%) and the widest AUD (6.45%), EUR (4.17%), JOD (3.61%). Spread is (sell − buy) ÷ mid: what a round trip through the bank costs, before any fees. The API returns it on every row as `spread_pct`, so you can rank currencies or alert when a bank widens its board.

## Get the board (REST)

You need an API key; the [free key](https://allratestoday.com/register/) works. The full board:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bh/nbkbh" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

What comes back (the 15 November 2026 board, first three rows):

```
{
  "bank": "nbkbh",
  "name": "National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain)",
  "country": "bh",
  "quote_ccy": "BHD",
  "bank_updated_at": "15 November 2026 09:15 (Bahrain)",
  "basis": "Counter board",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:46:23.216Z",
  "rates": [
    {"ccy":"AED","buy":0.1021124,"sell":0.1031997,"mid":0.10265605,"spread_pct":1.059,"official":0.102389,"vs_official_pct":0.261},
    {"ccy":"AUD","buy":0.2471222,"sell":0.2635794,"mid":0.2553508,"spread_pct":6.445,"official":0.257258,"vs_official_pct":-0.741},
    {"ccy":"CAD","buy":0.2598673,"sell":0.2686758,"mid":0.26427155,"spread_pct":3.333,"official":0.263944,"vs_official_pct":0.124},
    … 9 more currencies
  ],
  "disclaimer": "…",
  "attribution": { … }
}
```

One currency, with the row fields at the top level:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bh/nbkbh?ccy=USD" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

```
{
  "bank": "nbkbh",
  "name": "National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain)",
  "country": "bh",
  "quote_ccy": "BHD",
  "bank_updated_at": "15 November 2026 09:15 (Bahrain)",
  "basis": "Counter board",
  "captured_at": "2026-11-15T11:46:23.216Z",
  "ccy": "USD",
  "buy": 0.37608,
  "sell": 0.378,
  "mid": 0.37704,
  "spread_pct": 0.509,
  "official": 0.376081,
  "vs_official_pct": 0.255,
  "disclaimer": "Retail buy/sell rates as displayed on each bank’s own website at capture time, quoted as home currency per 1 unit of foreign currency. Indicative only: banks change these through the day, apply them at the counter or in-app, and they are not official or reference rates. For the rate a regulation names, use the central-bank endpoints.",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Board rates published by National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain) on its own website, collected by AllRatesToday",
    "bank_url": "https://www.nbk.com/bahrain/personal/investments/currency-rates.html",
    "url": "https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bh/nbkbh/",
    "terms": "Public pages that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com"
  }
}
```

The board as it stood on a past day:

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bh/nbkbh?date=2026-11-14" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

One currency over a date range, one row per day (paid plans; add `&format=csv`, `xml` or `xlsx` for a file):

```
curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bh/nbkbh/history?ccy=USD&from=2026-11-14&to=2026-11-15" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer art_live_your_key"
```

## JavaScript

```
npm install @allratestoday/sdk
```

```
import { AllRatesToday } from '@allratestoday/sdk';

const client = new AllRatesToday({ apiKey: 'art_live_your_key' });

// National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain)'s USD row
const r = await client.bankRates('bh', { bank: 'nbkbh', ccy: 'USD' });
console.log(`NBK Bahrain buys USD at ${r.buy}, sells at ${r.sell} BHD`);

// The board as it stood on a past day
const past = await client.bankRates('bh', { bank: 'nbkbh', date: '2026-11-14' });
console.log(past.snapshot_date, past.rates.length);
```

## Python

```
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/bank-rates/bh/nbkbh",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer art_live_your_key"},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
for row in r.json()["rates"]:
    print(row["ccy"], row["buy"], row["sell"], row["spread_pct"])
```

## Board rate or official rate?

The Central Bank of Bahrain rate is the one tax, accounting and customs rules in Bahrain name; nobody transacts at it. NBK Bahrain's board is the price a customer actually gets. The API puts both on every row: `official` is the central bank's rate for the same currency and `vs_official_pct` is how far the bank's mid sits from it. Use the board to show customers a real price, compare banks for a remittance, or keep a dated record of what the bank quoted; use the [Central Bank of Bahrain endpoint](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/cbb/) when a rule asks for the official rate.

## FAQ

### Where do the National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain) rates come from?

From the bank's own public rates page (https://www.nbk.com/bahrain/personal/investments/currency-rates.html), read hourly. AllRatesToday does not change the numbers: each row is the buy and sell price NBK Bahrain shows, with the mid, the spread and the Central Bank of Bahrain rate added.

### Are these the official BHD exchange rates?

No. They are NBK Bahrain's retail prices for customers. The official rate in Bahrain is the Central Bank of Bahrain rate, which the API returns as `official` on each row where the central bank has one, and in full from the central-bank endpoint.

### How often is the NBK Bahrain board updated?

AllRatesToday reads the page every hour. The bank's own last-updated stamp is returned as `bank_updated_at`, so you can tell a fresh read of an unchanged board from a new board.

### Can I get NBK Bahrain rates for a past date?

Yes, from 14 November 2026 onward; every day's board is kept permanently. Add `?date=YYYY-MM-DD` for one day: the response is the board captured that day, or the nearest earlier day within five days, with `date_requested` and `snapshot_date` added. For a range, `/history?ccy=USD&from=…&to=…` returns one row per day as JSON, CSV, XML or XLSX on paid plans.

### Do I need an API key?

Yes. Commercial bank boards need an API key; any plan works, the free key included, and each call counts against the plan. Public pages or widgets that show the rates need a visible link to allratestoday.com.

## National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain) rates, as JSON

Free API key, hourly board captures, the official rate alongside.

 [Get your free API key](https://allratestoday.com/register/)

## Related

- [National Bank of Kuwait (Bahrain) live board rates](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bh/nbkbh/)
- [All banks in Bahrain side by side](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/bh/)
- [Central Bank of Bahrain official rates API](https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/cbb/)
- [Every bank exchange rate API guide, by country](https://allratestoday.com/blog/bank-exchange-rate-api-guides/)
- [Commercial bank rates API: every bank and country](https://allratestoday.com/bank-exchange-rate-api/)