Climate averages 1991–2020
Fortaleza weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Fortaleza: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 194 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caucaia (12 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Fortaleza, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Fortaleza ranks joint 163rd of 448 for the warmest March highs and joint 328th of 448 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 448 cities is 27.9°C; Fortaleza is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 194 mm to 248 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Fortaleza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 134 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 28.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 194 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 248 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 129 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 72 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 36 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 8.0 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 3.6 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 4.8 | 1.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 6.9 | 2.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 27 | 8.5 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Caucaia in MarchBrazil · 12 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Maracanaú in MarchBrazil · 20 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 181 mm rain
- Eusébio in MarchBrazil · 22 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Maranguape in MarchBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 181 mm rain
- Pacatuba in MarchBrazil · 31 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Horizonte in MarchBrazil · 43 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Pacajus in MarchBrazil · 51 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in MarchBrazil · 57 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.6°C · 210 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Fortaleza) is explained once on the Fortaleza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.