Climate averages 1991–2020
Bari weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Bari: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Altamura (42 km away). In January its highs average 9.7°C, 2.3°C cooler than Bari, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bari ranks joint 15th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Bari is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 57 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages 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
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 59 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 59 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 7.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 34 | 5.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 25 | 4.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 25 | 5.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 60 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 66 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 72 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 13.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 59 | 9.2 | 9.39 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
January in nearby cities
- Altamura in JanuaryItaly · 42 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Andria in JanuaryItaly · 49 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Barletta in JanuaryItaly · 54 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Taranto in JanuaryItaly · 80 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Brindisi in JanuaryItaly · 105 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Foggia in JanuaryItaly · 116 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Lecce in JanuaryItaly · 139 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Salerno in JanuaryItaly · 181 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 145 mm rain
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 limitsHow 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.