🇧🇷 Brazil · metro 3.3M · 1,952 venues mapped
Fortaleza
Where Fortaleza places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 166 of 1,704.
Typical weather
1981–present JFMAMJJASOND
coldcool warmhot
Come for everything else Fortaleza does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.
City Rhythm
measuredOpening hours, by kind of place
median across mapped venuesFood & drink1,952 places mapped
11:00–23:00
0006121824
12%
open past midnight
80%
open on Sundays
57h
open per week
9%
take a midday break
Shops & errands1,462 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
82%
open on Sundays
101h
open per week
Vital absurdities
measured364
muggy days a year
313
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
150
umbrella days a year
51.3 m
of rain since 1981
4,530
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
2136.6 km
to Romanche Fracture Zone
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
17:32
winter sunset (solar approx.)
12.3 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
15,215
km adrift · the Remote Index
The ranks
floor: 200 mapped venuesThe same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.