Fortaleza
City in Brazil: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vista de Fortaleza, 2021: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Fortaleza is a city in Brazil, in Ceará. About 2.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Brazil in our atlas.
It lies at 3.72° S, 38.54° W, about 18 m (59 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Fortaleza time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Fortaleza. Green dots: other major cities of Brazil. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Fortaleza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (75°F). Around 1,082 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BrazilNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Recife · 629 km
- Maceió · 730 km
- Salvador · 1,028 km
- Belém · 1,132 km
- Brasília · 1,695 km
- Goiânia · 1,865 km
- Belo Horizonte · 1,895 km
- Rio de Janeiro · 2,191 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3399415 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q32014941 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vista de Fortaleza, 2021: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Praia de Iracema 24: Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Elzircabral noturno: Mansueto77, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- CarlosDeAlencarPintoPanoramica: Ricairon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Interior do Theatro José de Alencar 04: Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura (4): Governo Federal Brasileiro, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ginásio Paulo Sarasate: Kárcio Soares, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palácio da Luz 06: Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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