Climate averages 1991–2020

Bari weather
in August.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 22.6°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 25 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bari · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Bari: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Altamura (42 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Bari, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bari ranks joint 42nd of 79 for the warmest August highs and 29th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Bari is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 60 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bari climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bari, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.0°C7.5°C7.5°C579.29.610 h
February 12.4°C7.4°C7.4°C579.510.611 h
March 14.6°C9.0°C9.0°C599.711.912 h
April 17.3°C11.5°C11.5°C599.613.313 h
May 21.4°C15.5°C15.5°C427.614.514 h
June 25.7°C19.6°C19.6°C345.815.115 h
July 28.3°C22.2°C22.2°C254.414.815 h
August, selected 28.8°C22.6°C22.6°C255.313.814 h
September 24.9°C19.3°C19.3°C608.312.513 h
October 21.0°C15.8°C15.8°C668.411.111 h
November 16.8°C12.2°C12.2°C728.99.910 h
December 13.1°C8.9°C8.9°C599.29.39 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

August in nearby cities

Distance from Bari

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bari) is explained once on the Bari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.