Climate averages 1991–2020
Bari weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bari: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Altamura (42 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bari, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bari ranks joint 45th of 79 for the warmest May highs and joint 19th of 79 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 79 cities is 21.8°C; Bari is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Altamura in MayItaly · 42 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Andria in MayItaly · 49 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Barletta in MayItaly · 54 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Taranto in MayItaly · 80 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Brindisi in MayItaly · 105 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Foggia in MayItaly · 116 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Lecce in MayItaly · 139 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Salerno in MayItaly · 181 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 78 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.