Bari climate

Name: Bari
Address: IT

Bari is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 7.1 °C. November is the wettest month (71 mm) and August the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bari averages 608 mm of rain, 95 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Italy · 5 m elevation · population 316,491 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 29 °C
Coldest month February 7.1 °C
Driest month August 24 mm
Wettest month November 71 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -3.7 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectBari through the year

Bari has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in February to 29 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 23 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 71 mm against 24 mm in August — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bari is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 14 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.1 °C	59 mm	55 %
February	12.4 °C	56 mm	51 %
March	14.7 °C	59 mm	50 %
April	17.5 °C	59 mm	48 %
May	21.5 °C	40 mm	42 %
June	25.9 °C	35 mm	28 %
July	28.5 °C	25 mm	16 %
August	29.0 °C	24 mm	18 %
September	25.0 °C	57 mm	37 %
October	21.1 °C	64 mm	49 %
November	16.9 °C	71 mm	57 %
December	13.1 °C	60 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	12.1 °C	7.2 °C	9.6 °C	18.7 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0
February	12.4 °C	7.1 °C	9.8 °C	22.4 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0
March	14.7 °C	8.7 °C	11.7 °C	25.6 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
April	17.5 °C	11.2 °C	14.4 °C	28.7 °C	3.3 °C	0	0
May	21.5 °C	15.2 °C	18.5 °C	32.7 °C	8.5 °C	3	0
June	25.9 °C	19.4 °C	22.9 °C	38.8 °C	12.9 °C	17	3
July	28.5 °C	21.9 °C	25.5 °C	40.2 °C	15.8 °C	28	8
August	29.0 °C	22.3 °C	25.8 °C	38.7 °C	16.4 °C	29	10
September	25.0 °C	19.0 °C	22.1 °C	33.9 °C	12.6 °C	15	2
October	21.1 °C	15.5 °C	18.2 °C	29.5 °C	8.3 °C	2	0
November	16.9 °C	11.9 °C	14.4 °C	25.1 °C	3.5 °C	0	0
December	13.1 °C	8.6 °C	10.9 °C	21.0 °C	0.8 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	59 mm	9	9.5 h/day	55 %	76 %	18 km/h	13.8 °C
February	56 mm	9	11 h/day	51 %	73 %	19 km/h	13.5 °C
March	59 mm	9	12 h/day	50 %	73 %	19 km/h	13.8 °C
April	59 mm	10	13 h/day	48 %	73 %	18 km/h	14.8 °C
May	40 mm	7	14 h/day	42 %	71 %	17 km/h	17.9 °C
June	35 mm	6	15 h/day	28 %	67 %	16 km/h	21.9 °C
July	25 mm	4	15 h/day	16 %	64 %	17 km/h	24.7 °C
August	24 mm	5	14 h/day	18 %	66 %	15 km/h	25.8 °C
September	57 mm	8	12 h/day	37 %	71 %	16 km/h	23.7 °C
October	64 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	77 %	16 km/h	20.3 °C
November	71 mm	9	9.9 h/day	57 %	77 %	18 km/h	17.2 °C
December	60 mm	9	9.2 h/day	55 %	76 %	18 km/h	14.9 °C

Where Bari ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	9th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	16th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	17th of 50	88/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	17th of 50	22 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	18th of 50	25 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	19th of 50	26 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bari.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bari’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bari?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bari get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 23 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bari?

November, averaging 71 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 608 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bari rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 41.121°, 16.870° , 5 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.