Living in Bari

In Bari, rent averages €6.20 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 10.1% (2023).

Bari covers 117.6 km², with a population density of 2,690.2 people per km² at the start of 2026. Annual PM2.5 was 11 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1944 sources

Population315,831people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,681EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent6.2EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate10.14%country median 6.0% — 68% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime4,616incidents per 100,000country median 7,480 — 38% belowOfficial source · esploradati.istat.it

PM2.5, annual mean11µg/m³country median 14.0 — 21% belowOfficial source · EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data

Higher unemployment than 74% of Italian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other Italian city that publishes it and cleaner air than 80% of Italian cities that publish it.

Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Bari?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in ItalyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Bari.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Bari?

Average net cold rent is 6.2 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 6.2 EUR/m²/month · Collected source²

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€35

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesBari highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Milan€30.00

Rome€17.15

Naples€9.10

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliadbox fixed fibre¹²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff¹¹Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	35 EUR/month	13 Sept 2026	AMTAB S.p.A. Bari¹Official
Dwellings	163,254 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁴Official
Main residence dwellings	135,814 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.2 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source²Official · municipality zone median

Is Bari a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–61%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%

Student65%strong on education, weak on work · range 57–73%

Family62%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 54–70%

Retirement51%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 372 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.2 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025-S2

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Bari?

The unemployment rate is about 10.1 % (2023).

Unemployment rate: 10.14 % · Eurostat⁵

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in Bari is 10.1%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Bari 10.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public employment offices	1 count	15 Sept 2026	Ministero del Lavoro — CPI finder²³Official
People in employment	115,734 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,681 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it³¹Official
Unemployment rate	10.14 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Eurostat⁵Official

Unemployment rate over time9 published observations, 1991–2023

8.9%

14.7%

20.5%

26.3%

10.1%19912011201920212023

Unemployment rate fell 59.6% between 1991 and 2023, from 25.1% to 10.1%.

What does a salary buy in Bari?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€984of €1,433 take-home

Rent
Transport
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€1,433
Rent, 60 m²€6.20/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €372
Public transport pass€35 · official · AMTAB S.p.A. Bari · 2026-09-13	− €35
Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city	—
Internet€30 · official · iliadbox fixed fibre · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€12 · official · iliad GIGA mobile tariff · 2026-09-30	− €12
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish	€984

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Public employment offices in Bari

Ministero del Lavoro lists 1 public employment office in Bari (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

Office count verified

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	61 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)²⁴Official
Schools	256 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)²⁴Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Italian L2 laboratories and support for foreign pupils (DPR 394/1999 art 45 route). How to enrol a child (istruzione.it).

A country-wide rule for Italy; Bari's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	902.1 beds per 100,000	1 Jan 2023	Posti letto per stabilimento ospedaliero e disciplina 2023³⁰Official
Hospitals	8 count	1 Jan 2023	Posti letto per stabilimento ospedaliero e disciplina 2023³⁰Official
Pharmacies	99 count	15 Sept 2026	Farmacie⁹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Bari when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents902.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Bari?

Police recorded about 4,616 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: esploradati.istat.it⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesBari highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Florence11,422

Milan10,343

Bologna9,973

Turin9,170

Venice9,092

Catania7,485

Rome7,475

Verona6,667

Naples6,521

Genoa5,692

Palermo5,384

Bari4,616

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Burglaries per 100,000 residents	146.2 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	IT-Istat-DCCV_DELITTIPS_8-2024²²Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,616 incidents per 100,000country median 7,480	31 Dec 2024	esploradati.istat.it⁴Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	41 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights²⁸Official
Nearest airport	BRI	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	9 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Bari. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

CPIA public Italian-language and orientation courses for foreign adults — State Language Course

Italian public adult-education system — Centri Provinciali per l'Istruzione degli Adulti

For foreign adults, people seeking Italian language and culture courses.

ItalianCEFR A2In PersonCost varies

Open official information

L.O.R.R. — Language, Orientation, Recognition and Networks with CPIA — Job-related language course

Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies / FAMI 2021-2027 programme

For third-country nationals, vulnerable migrants, unaccompanied minors.

ItalianIn Person, Online

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Bari.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Bari?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data³

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

13°4°

16°6°

19°9°

24°13°

28°17°

31°20°

26°16°

22°13°

18°9°

14°6°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.511WHO 5 · EU 25

NO₂22.7WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in ItalyAnnual PM2.5 in Bari is 11.0 µg/m³. Of 1,693 cities with data, 204 have annual PM2.5 of 12 to under 13 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–2525–2628–29

Bari 11.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	22.7 µg/m³country median 15.0	31 Dec 2013	Eurostat⁶Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	11 µg/m³country median 14.0	31 Dec 2024	EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data³Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 12.59 · Feb 13.16 · Mar 15.67 · Apr 19 · May 23.65 · Jun 28.25 · Jul 30.58 · Aug 30.52 · Sep 26.22 · Oct 21.88 · Nov 17.63 · Dec 13.94 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI³²Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan 4.12 · Feb 4.23 · Mar 6.03 · Apr 8.95 · May 13.03 · Jun 17.34 · Jul 19.99 · Aug 20.09 · Sep 16.47 · Oct 12.55 · Nov 8.96 · Dec 5.75 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI³³Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 8.27 · Feb 8.65 · Mar 10.95 · Apr 13.92 · May 18.54 · Jun 22.98 · Jul 25.37 · Aug 25.44 · Sep 21.25 · Oct 17.17 · Nov 13.21 · Dec 9.59 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI³⁴Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 50.83 · Feb 37.01 · Mar 40.99 · Apr 41.96 · May 30.42 · Jun 29.39 · Jul 17.76 · Aug 13.26 · Sep 41.67 · Oct 53.9 · Nov 62.02 · Dec 47.39 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI³⁵Official

Similar climate. In Italy: Foggia ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Aix-en-Provence (France) ±0.6 °C, Marseille (France) ±0.6 °C, Tarragona (Spain) ±0.9 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.4 °C, Fuenlabrada (Spain) ±1.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Bari?

The published population was 315,831 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	586.9 cars per 1000 people	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat⁷Official
City area	117.6 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	4.8 %	31 Dec 2025	Eurostat⁸Official
Foreign residents	16,861 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.²⁵Official
Population density	2,690 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²⁷Official
Female residents	163,800 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹³Official
Male residents	152,031 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹³Official
Population	315,831 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹⁹Official

Population over time12 published observations, 2014–2025

314,318

318,988

323,657

328,327

315,83120142016201820222025

Population fell 2.1% between 2014 and 2025, from 322,751 to 315,831.

Foreign residents over time11 published observations, 2016–2026

11,449

13,387

15,324

17,262

16,861201620182020202220242026

Foreign residents rose 34.9% between 2016 and 2026, from 12,495 to 16,861.

International community in Bari

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Derived source total (sum of all published country rows)	315,831	100.0%
Italia	296,966	94.0%
Georgia	2,487	0.8%
Bangladesh	1,765	0.6%
Albania	1,402	0.4%
Romania	968	0.3%
Pakistan	773	0.2%
Nigeria	607	0.2%
Filippine	586	0.2%
Cina	584	0.2%

Show 143 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Maurizio	574	0.2%
Ucraina	479	0.2%
Venezuela	463	0.1%
Germania	402	0.1%
India	359	0.1%
Brasile	300	0.1%
Federazione russa	293	0.1%
Afghanistan	289	0.1%
Francia	259	0.1%
Iraq	252	0.1%
Etiopia	250	0.1%
Polonia	229	0.1%
Grecia	228	0.1%
Marocco	228	0.1%
Svizzera	220	0.1%
Senegal	216	0.1%
Bielorussia	209	0.1%
Colombia	200	0.1%
Egitto	198	0.1%
Stati Uniti d'America	197	0.1%
Tunisia	177	0.1%
Cuba	175	0.1%
Eritrea	171	0.1%
Iran	169	0.1%
Somalia	168	0.1%
Regno Unito	162	0.1%
Gambia	158	0.1%
Argentina	155	0.0%
Costa d'Avorio	141	0.0%
Libia	135	0.0%
Spagna	121	0.0%
Sri Lanka	121	0.0%
Belgio	116	0.0%
Guinea	105	0.0%
Mali	102	0.0%
Canada	83	0.0%
Bulgaria	80	0.0%
Algeria	69	0.0%
Perù	58	0.0%
Ghana	57	0.0%
Turchia	54	0.0%
Camerun	49	0.0%
Repubblica Dominicana	49	0.0%
Sudan	47	0.0%
Libano	45	0.0%
Ungheria	44	0.0%
Burkina Faso	44	0.0%
Montenegro	43	0.0%
Israele	40	0.0%
Australia	39	0.0%
Moldova	36	0.0%
Croazia	34	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	31	0.0%
Thailandia	30	0.0%
Lussemburgo	29	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	27	0.0%
Serbia	24	0.0%
Messico	23	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	22	0.0%
Sudafrica	22	0.0%
Kosovo	20	0.0%
Palestina	20	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	20	0.0%
Macedonia del Nord	19	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	19	0.0%
Siria	19	0.0%
Lettonia	18	0.0%
Vietnam	18	0.0%
Ecuador	18	0.0%
Giordania	17	0.0%
Kazakhstan	17	0.0%
Benin	17	0.0%
Togo	17	0.0%
Portogallo	15	0.0%
Svezia	15	0.0%
Cile	15	0.0%
Lituania	13	0.0%
Austria	12	0.0%
Arabia Saudita	12	0.0%
Angola	11	0.0%
Madagascar	11	0.0%
Sierra Leone	11	0.0%
Irlanda	10	0.0%
El Salvador	10	0.0%
Giappone	9	0.0%
Armenia	9	0.0%
Capo Verde	9	0.0%
Malta	8	0.0%
Cambogia	8	0.0%
Corea del Sud	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Slovacchia	7	0.0%
Yemen	7	0.0%
Azerbaigian	7	0.0%
Kenya	7	0.0%
Niger	7	0.0%
Guatemala	7	0.0%
Bolivia	7	0.0%
Danimarca	6	0.0%
Norvegia	5	0.0%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Ruanda	5	0.0%
Uganda	5	0.0%
Finlandia	4	0.0%
Myanmar/Birmania	4	0.0%
Emirati Arabi Uniti	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Zimbabwe	4	0.0%
Paraguay	4	0.0%
Cipro	3	0.0%
Kuwait	3	0.0%
Kirghizistan	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Mozambico	3	0.0%
Tanzania	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
San Marino	2	0.0%
Mongolia	2	0.0%
Nepal	2	0.0%
Tagikistan	2	0.0%
Burundi	2	0.0%
Seychelles	2	0.0%
Zambia	2	0.0%
Costa Rica	2	0.0%
Nicaragua	2	0.0%
Monaco	1	0.0%
Estonia	1	0.0%
Malaysia	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Botswana	1	0.0%
Ciad	1	0.0%
Gabon	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Sud Sudan	1	0.0%
Antigua e Barbuda	1	0.0%
Barbados	1	0.0%
Dominica	1	0.0%
Giamaica	1	0.0%
Haiti	1	0.0%
Figi	1	0.0%
Samoa	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Citizenship

Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Derived source total (sum of all published country rows)	315,831	100.0%
Italia	300,600	95.2%
Georgia	2,604	0.8%
Bangladesh	1,758	0.6%
Romania	966	0.3%
Albania	938	0.3%
Pakistan	816	0.3%
Nigeria	786	0.2%
Cina	773	0.2%
Filippine	585	0.2%

Show 132 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Ucraina	417	0.1%
Maurizio	399	0.1%
India	381	0.1%
Afghanistan	295	0.1%
Iraq	252	0.1%
Senegal	221	0.1%
Marocco	197	0.1%
Egitto	182	0.1%
Somalia	167	0.1%
Gambia	165	0.1%
Etiopia	162	0.1%
Sri Lanka	150	0.0%
Polonia	146	0.0%
Iran	144	0.0%
Federazione russa	135	0.0%
Costa d'Avorio	135	0.0%
Bielorussia	133	0.0%
Tunisia	130	0.0%
Eritrea	124	0.0%
Brasile	119	0.0%
Guinea	105	0.0%
Cuba	104	0.0%
Spagna	100	0.0%
Mali	94	0.0%
Regno Unito	90	0.0%
Grecia	79	0.0%
Algeria	78	0.0%
Ghana	69	0.0%
Colombia	66	0.0%
Francia	57	0.0%
Venezuela	54	0.0%
Bulgaria	49	0.0%
Burkina Faso	48	0.0%
Germania	47	0.0%
Camerun	47	0.0%
Montenegro	44	0.0%
Sudan	37	0.0%
Turchia	35	0.0%
Libano	33	0.0%
Israele	32	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	30	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	28	0.0%
Repubblica Dominicana	28	0.0%
Palestina	25	0.0%
Moldova	24	0.0%
Thailandia	24	0.0%
Perù	22	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	21	0.0%
Ungheria	20	0.0%
Togo	18	0.0%
Argentina	18	0.0%
Portogallo	17	0.0%
Benin	16	0.0%
Siria	15	0.0%
Messico	15	0.0%
Svizzera	14	0.0%
Lettonia	13	0.0%
Lituania	13	0.0%
Croazia	12	0.0%
Libia	12	0.0%
Australia	12	0.0%
Serbia	11	0.0%
Kazakhstan	11	0.0%
Angola	11	0.0%
Ecuador	11	0.0%
Irlanda	10	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	10	0.0%
Malaysia	10	0.0%
Giordania	9	0.0%
Niger	9	0.0%
Sierra Leone	9	0.0%
Belgio	8	0.0%
Svezia	8	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	8	0.0%
Giappone	7	0.0%
Corea del Sud	6	0.0%
Indonesia	6	0.0%
Capo Verde	6	0.0%
Canada	6	0.0%
El Salvador	6	0.0%
Norvegia	5	0.0%
Kosovo	5	0.0%
Yemen	5	0.0%
Armenia	5	0.0%
Azerbaigian	5	0.0%
Sudafrica	5	0.0%
Austria	4	0.0%
Slovacchia	4	0.0%
Myanmar/Birmania	4	0.0%
Kenya	4	0.0%
Madagascar	4	0.0%
Bolivia	4	0.0%
Apolide	4	0.0%
Danimarca	3	0.0%
Finlandia	3	0.0%
Malta	3	0.0%
Macedonia del Nord	3	0.0%
Vietnam	3	0.0%
Liberia	3	0.0%
Ruanda	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Slovenia	2	0.0%
Arabia Saudita	2	0.0%
Cipro	2	0.0%
Emirati Arabi Uniti	2	0.0%
Kirghizistan	2	0.0%
Turkmenistan	2	0.0%
Congo	2	0.0%
Mozambico	2	0.0%
Uganda	2	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	2	0.0%
Guatemala	2	0.0%
Estonia	1	0.0%
Bhutan	1	0.0%
Nepal	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Botswana	1	0.0%
Ciad	1	0.0%
Gabon	1	0.0%
Malawi	1	0.0%
Mauritania	1	0.0%
Tanzania	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Sud Sudan	1	0.0%
Costa Rica	1	0.0%
Giamaica	1	0.0%
Haiti	1	0.0%
Nicaragua	1	0.0%
Cile	1	0.0%
Paraguay	1	0.0%
Uruguay	1	0.0%
Figi	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Non-citizens, share of residents	4.82 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁷Official
Households	142,858 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Bari

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Altamura as a Bari alternative in the same region

43 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 39.0 km Altamura vs 9.0 km Bari+333%
Rent: €3.25/m² Altamura vs €6.20/m² Bari−48%
Residents: 70,163 Altamura vs 315,831 Bari−78%
Unemployment: 8.0% Altamura vs 10.1% Bari−21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,341 Altamura vs 4,616 Barino percentage
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Altamura vs 11.0 µg/m³ Bari−9%
Foreign residents: 4.5% Altamura vs 4.8% Bari−6%

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Parma as a Bari alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 671 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 17.1% Parma vs 4.8% Bari+256%
Median gross pay, region: €2,396 Parma vs €1,681 Bari+43%
Unemployment: 5.2% Parma vs 10.1% Bari−49%
Rent: €7.00/m² Parma vs €6.20/m² Bari+13%
Nearest airport: 4.0 km Parma vs 9.0 km Bari−56%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,214 Parma vs 4,616 Barino percentage
Residents: 198,693 Parma vs 315,831 Bari−37%

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Cities near Bari

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with Bari, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Catania298,054 residents Florence361,705 residents Bologna390,151 residents Verona255,039 residents Venice249,490 residents Messina217,033 residents

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Bari in rankings

#1 of 12 in Safest cities in Italy by recorded crime #9 of 30 in Largest cities in Italy

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Bari?

The published population was 315,831 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Bari?

Average net cold rent is 6.2 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 434 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

Is the air quality good in Bari?

How safe is Bari?

Police recorded about 4,616 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: esploradati.istat.it.

What is the unemployment rate in Bari?

The unemployment rate is about 10.1 % (2023). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Bari?

The median gross salary is 1,681 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is Bari a good place to live?

Bari may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Bari?

Triggiano, Modugno, Valenzano, Bitritto, Capurso are near Bari. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) live in Bari?

The official country of birth distribution records 315,831 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Bari, Italy: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1dd95bcd08950e296115845bd2eefb39]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/bari/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_bari-italy-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_73643fc91641,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Bari, Italy: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {1dd95bcd08950e296115845bd2eefb39},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/bari/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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