Background: High levels of vaccination coverage in populations will be required even with vaccines that have high levels of effectiveness to prevent and stop outbreaks of corona virus. Reports from the government of Ethiopia indicate there is a slow uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country, with only 18.2% of the populations were vaccinated on March 2022. Currently, it is unclear how many proportion of the population would decide to get vaccinated when a vaccine becomes available. Therefore, to better understand and inform the public health authorities, the current study required to assess the willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine and associated factors among individuals living in Bahir dar city, Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the willingness to receive COVID19 vaccine and associated factors among individuals living in Bahir dar city Northwest, Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was applied among 392 individuals in Bahir dar city from January 15- 30, 2022. A multi stage systematic sampling technique and interviewer-administered structured questionnaires were applied to collect the data. Data were entered in Epi data version 3.1 and transported to Statistical Package for Social Science version 23 for analysis. Logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with willingness to receive COVID19 vaccine. Adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI and P-value less than 0.05 were used for measure of association and its significance respectively. Results: In this study, 60.2% of study participants demonstrated willingness to receive vaccination against COVID-19 once a vaccine is available. Working on health facility (AOR: 4.3, 95% CI: 1.4-13.0), chronic diseases (AOR: 4.8, 95% CI: 2.6–9.0) ,COVID19 experience (AOR: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.1– 3.7) ,family members infected with COVID19 (AOR: 2.9, 95% CI: 1.5–5.4), good knowledge (AOR: 2.0, 95%CI: 1.2- 3.7), Positive attitudes (AOR: 8.7, 95% CI: 4.5–16.9) were significantly associated with willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine once a vaccine is available. Conclusion and recommendation: A significant proportion of individuals in the general population were unwilling to receive a COVID-19 Vaccine. Hence, public health strategies are needed to address the wide misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines. Keywords: COVID-19, vaccine, willingness, Bahir dar, Ethiopia