Global CityIntelligence

Italy / Southern Europe

Bari City Intelligence

Bari is a Puglian port metro on the Italian Adriatic coast, with university, services, and logistics activity inside a hot Mediterranean climate context. Bari is a southern europe city of about ~0.74M metro in Italy. On the composite city-intelligence score, Bari sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (69/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~0.74M metro
View of Bari, Italy

Image credit: Image: Francesco Di Stefano 08 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Bari profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Naples and other southern Italian metros.

Overall69/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality73/100
Energy70/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

69/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Bari data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Bari city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score69/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living76/100Bari's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality73/100Bari's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy70/100Bari's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety67/100Bari's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed70/100Bari's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk65/100Bari's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience65/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety79/100
Low crime82/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety75/100
Road safety77/100

Bari is estimated to be a generally safe city (79/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life79/100
Healthcare86/100
Education86/100
Green space52/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure89/100
Mobility72/100

Bari has a high quality-of-life estimate (79/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness78/100
Education86/100
Green space52/100
Overall safety79/100

Bari scores high for family living (78/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability78/100
Walkability87/100
Cycling69/100
Infrastructure89/100

Bari is high for remote workers (78/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability80/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle36/100

Bari is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Bari

Local public safety guidance for Bari, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Italy emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7Italy operates 112 as a single emergency number (Numero Unico di Emergenza) across the country.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Bari, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Italy emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Bari

Healthcare context for Bari, with national-level information from Italy where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Bari, see the Italy healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Bari

Local mobility context for Bari, with national-level context from Italy where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Bari, see the Italy transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Bari. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Bari

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Bari will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Bari air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Bari modules

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Cost of Living in Bari

Bari's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Bari

Bari's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Bari

Bari's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Bari

Bari's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Bari

Bari's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Bari

Bari's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Bari

Cost of living estimates for Bari — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Bari

Climate profile for Bari — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16.2°C, comfort score 87/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Bari

Economy and jobs profile for Bari — tourism economy, economy score 67/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Bari

Education profile for Bari — student city, education score 67/100, 5 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Bari

Healthcare and retirement profile for Bari — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 73/100, retirement score 75/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for Bari

Practical arrival planning context for Bari — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Visual guide to Bari

Source-attributed visual context for Bari using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Bari

Weekend trip planning checklist for Bari — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Bari

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Bari

Estimate a monthly budget for Bari using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Bari

Plan a trip budget for Bari using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Bari

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Bari. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Matera, Italy

Same region · about 56 km from Bari. Explore Matera's city intelligence profile.

Taranto, Italy

Same region · about 79 km from Bari. Explore Taranto's city intelligence profile.

Brindisi, Italy

Same region · about 106 km from Bari. Explore Brindisi's city intelligence profile.

Foggia, Italy

Same region · about 116 km from Bari. Explore Foggia's city intelligence profile.

Lecce, Italy

Same corridor · about 139 km from Bari. Explore Lecce's city intelligence profile.

Salerno, Italy

Same region · about 184 km from Bari. Explore Salerno's city intelligence profile.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Cross-border · about 197 km from Bari. Explore Dubrovnik's city intelligence profile.

Cosenza, Italy

Same region · about 210 km from Bari. Explore Cosenza's city intelligence profile.

Caserta, Italy

Same region · about 212 km from Bari. Explore Caserta's city intelligence profile.

Durres, Albania

Cross-border · about 217 km from Bari. Explore Durres's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Bari — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Bari — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Bari profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Naples and other southern Italian metros. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (76/100) and air quality (73/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (65/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Italy country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Bari appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.