Bari is the Italian city with the best climate.Here is the ranking

For the first time, an area in Southern Italy thus takes the lead in a synthetic thematic index of Quality of Life

ROME - Bari is the city with the best climate in Italy, in first place in the new edition of the climate index of the Sole 24 Ore, published in the newspaper.The ranking, updated with the data provided by 3bmeteo relating to the decade 2013-2023, is used every year in the 'Quality of life' survey carried out by Sole 24 Ore to tell which of the 107 capital cities people live best from the point of view climate, based on ten parameters that measure the most frequent 'good weather' conditions.The ten indices that make up the final ranking were chosen and developed by the editorial staff of Sun 24 Hours and validated by the team of meteorological experts of 3bweather.

Eight and a half hours of sun a day.Nine days of extreme precipitation per year.Seventy-four days of rain out of 365.Only 158 days a year outside climate comfort, that is, with a relative humidity above 70% or below 30%.Summer breeze at 7.2 knots average daily.These are the main ones average climatic parameters that push the Apulian city to the top of the ranking.

THE RANKING

For the first time, a territory in Southern Italy thus takes the lead in a synthetic thematic index of Quality of Life, the historic survey of the most livable Italian territories, displacing Imperia - now second - which had positioned itself at the top in previous editions:the first published in 2019 with data on the decade 2008-2018 and the second published in 2022 with data on the decade 2011-2021.In addition to the Apulian capital, six other urban centers in the South populate the top ten for climate well-being:in order Barletta-Andria-Trani (third), Catania (fourth), Pescara (fifth), Chieti (seventh), Brindisi (eighth), Agrigento (ninth), Cagliari (tenth).For the rest, in addition to the capital of western Liguria, Livorno also stands out for the best climate (sixth), the only one in Central Italy among the top ten.
Among the cities with the best climate – mind you, not with the best environmental conditions – the coastal areas stand out, as do some cities at high altitude (for example Aosta and Enna) capable of offering greater comfort thanks to air circulation, compared to internal areas:here the hours of sunshine increase, the heat index remains medium-low, mitigated by the summer breeze, and there are few extreme events.

Belluno and the Po Valley:On the opposite side, at the bottom of the ranking we once again find Belluno, last in the sunshine index (just 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, against a national average of 7.8) and for cold days (23.6 in average every year with maximum perceived temperature less than 3° C);penultimate for high relative humidity, which takes into consideration the days that are too dry in summer (< 30%) and those that are too humid in winter (> 70%), a total of 255 in the Veneto capital.The number of rainy days is also high, 118 per year with at least 2 millimeters of cumulative precipitation, more frequent only in Lecco where the average for the decade reaches 122 days.
Furthermore, in the last ten places in the ranking, there are various centers in the Po Valley which are positioned along the Po axis, including Alessandria (one hundred and sixth), Pavia (one hundred and fifth), Cremona (one hundred and fourth), Piacenza (one hundred and second), Lodi (one hundred and first), Asti (one hundredth) and Ferrara (ninety-ninth).In particular, Rovigo is the area with the most foggy days, over 57 per year.Verbania is last with a greater frequency of extreme rainfall, a total of 90 days between 2013 and 2023 with more than 40 millimeters of cumulative rainfall in at least one half-hourly period.Those penalized for the same indicator - second to last and third to last - are Varese and Como, where the 'water bombs' were 76 and 74 respectively in the decade.
Among the large cities, Cagliari takes tenth place in the top ten, Rome comes in twenty-fifth place, followed by Naples (twenty-sixth), Venice (thirty-second) and Genoa (forty-third).All the others, however, meet in the second half of the ranking, with Milan last in eighty-sixth place.

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE RECORDS

Finally, reviewing the indicators, other records emerge.Syracuse, where in the summer of 2023 an exceptional heat wave reached an all-time high of 47 degrees C, has the highest heat index:111 days a year with perceived temperatures above 35 degrees.Terni stands out for the higher average annual frequency of heat waves, a total of 29 exceeding 30 degrees for three consecutive days, the opposite of the positive records of the Ligurian provinces of Savona (3 waves) and Genoa (4 waves).Sondrio is the least windy area, with only eight days in the decade characterized by gusts of wind and an almost absent summer breeze.Agrigento is first in terms of sunshine with 9.1 hours of sunshine on average per day.Finally, Catania has the lowest number of days per year that are too dry or too humid, just 111.