Weather in Bari in July

A good month. July is a solid month to be in Bari. Highs average 32.1 °C, lows 22.8 °C, and rain falls on 4 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

July ranks 8 of 12 in Bari: past the worst of the year but short of May, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 4 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 32.1 °C days and 22.8 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 6 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 42.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 18 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 148 mm — roughly 510% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. July rainfall has ranged from 0 mm to 161 mm across the twenty years measured — a 161 mm spread around an average of 29 mm. The average is real but almost no individual July looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 11.1 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 56%.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 29 °C in June, 32.1 here, 32.3 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Bari's year: 14.9 hours of daylight, losing 0.7 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 25.2 °C in July — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Bari versus nearby

If Bari is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Dubrovnik is a better bet in July — 3.8 °C cooler, 1 day more rain. Positano is a better bet in July — 5.9 °C cooler, 1 day more rain.

So: July works, with May the better month by 17 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Bari

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