Bari weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇹 Italy · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Bari is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with July and May close behind. Bari averages about 2,531 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 28 mm of rain in August.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,531
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 89/100
- Rain / year
- 623 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 501k
- Elevation
- 41 m
When is the best time to visit Bari?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bari is August, then July and May. The dullest month is January (27/100, 62 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bari?
Bari gets a lot of sun: around 2,531 hours a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate August (89) from January (27), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #20 of 38 destinations in Italy for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,538 hours. The year's 623 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 62 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
| February | 35 | 13° / 55°F | 7° / 45°F | 49 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| March | 55 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 59 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| April | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 50 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 87 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 38 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 87 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 35 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 88 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 29 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 89 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 28 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 83 | 27° / 81°F | 19° / 66°F | 57 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 81 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 71 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 77 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 8° / 46°F | 68 mm | 1 | 16° / 61°F |
Sea temperature in Bari by month
The sea off Bari is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 14°C / 57°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Bari on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Brindisi Italy · 113 km · best in Aug · 2,716 h sun/yr
- Salerno Italy · 166 km · best in Jul · 2,807 h sun/yr
- Dubrovnik Croatia · 201 km · best in Jul · 2,534 h sun/yr
- Naples Italy · 209 km · best in Jul · 2,808 h sun/yr
- Tivat Montenegro · 215 km · best in Jul · 2,533 h sun/yr
- Podgorica Montenegro · 247 km · best in Jun · 2,179 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Foggia (FG) Italy · 108 km · 2,600 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Bari compares month by month: Bari vs Salerno · Bari vs Brindisi · Bari vs Dubrovnik · all comparisons
Put the Bari sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Bari's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: