Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5 is about as rainy as it gets in Fortaleza — historically, precipitation falls on 98% of years on this date, making it one of the most reliably wet days of the calendar. Temperatures stay stubbornly tropical regardless, ranging from a low of 73° (set back in 1974) to a high of 87° (hit in 2010). Pack an umbrella, not a sweater.
Fortaleza is one of the most thermally stable cities on Earth — its all-time hottest day was just 93° (August 31, 2022) and its coldest ever recorded was 71° (July 25, 1975), a range of only 22 degrees across 65 years of data. The real extremes here are wet, not thermal: a single day in April 2009 dropped 5.84 inches of rain.
Fortaleza barely has seasons in the traditional sense — monthly average highs range only from 83° to 86° all year, with August through December being the marginally warmer stretch. The real rhythm is wet vs. dry: late March through early April is the soggiest stretch, averaging over 2.44 inches per week. If you want sunshine, aim for August through November, when heat peaks and rainfall bottoms out.