The best months

  • SunJune to December
  • BeachJune to December
  • CityJuly to August

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The twelve months at a glance

Month-by-month verdict for Fortaleza
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
SunGood, 60/100, Heavy rainGood, 60/100, Heavy rainGood, 60/100, Heavy rainGood, 60/100, Heavy rainGood, 60/100, Heavy rainIdeal, 80/100Ideal, 93/100Ideal, 100/100Ideal, 98/100Ideal, 98/100Ideal, 99/100Ideal, 80/100
BeachGood, 65/100, Heavy rainGood, 65/100, Heavy rainGood, 65/100, Heavy rainGood, 65/100, Heavy rainGood, 65/100, Heavy rainIdeal, 83/100Ideal, 94/100Ideal, 100/100Ideal, 100/100Ideal, 100/100Ideal, 100/100Ideal, 83/100
CityFair, 35/100, Heavy rainFair, 38/100, Heavy rainFair, 40/100, Heavy rainFair, 41/100, Heavy rainFair, 39/100, Heavy rainFair, 58/100Good, 70/100Good, 60/100Fair, 56/100Fair, 55/100Fair, 58/100Fair, 50/100
  • Ideal
  • Good
  • Fair
  • Best avoided
  • Risk flagged

Temperatures and rain

Monthly temperatures and rain in FortalezaThe values are repeated in the table under the chart.0°C10°C20°C30°CHighLowSea216 mmRainJFMAMJJASOND
See the month-by-month values
MonthHighLowSeaRain
January31°C24°C28°C110 mm
February30°C24°C28°C140 mm
March30°C23°C29°C193 mm
April30°C23°C29°C216 mm
May30°C23°C29°C110 mm
June30°C23°C28°C53 mm
July31°C22°C27°C29 mm
August32°C23°C27°C8 mm
September32°C23°C27°C5 mm
October33°C24°C27°C9 mm
November32°C24°C27°C13 mm
December32°C24°C28°C36 mm

Estimated flight time

  • From YUL : about 8 h 35 min
  • From YYZ : about 8 h 45 min
  • From YVR : about 12 h 20 min

Estimate of a nonstop flight computed from the distance: not a schedule. Connections lengthen the trip.

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Where this data comes from

Temperatures, sunshine and rain: monthly normals we computed over 1991-2020. These are estimates from a climate reanalysis, not station readings.

  • ERA5 reanalysis-era5-single-levels-timeseries (C3S, CC-BY)
  • NOAA OISST v2.1

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, 2026, CC BY 4.0 licence). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 (Huang et al., 2021, J. Climate 34, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1).