Neighbourhood noise map
Areia Branca, Belford Roxo
Sossego Index 83 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 16 of the 35 neighbourhoods rated in Belford Roxo. That matches the city average of 83.
Low noise most of the day. You can sleep with the window open.
Inside the neighbourhood the index runs from 59 to 92. Some corners are much louder than others, usually next to the avenues.
The roads that weigh most on the noise of the neighbourhood are Avenida Augusto Vasco Aranha (collector road, 69 m), Rua Martins Ferreira (residential street, 9 m) and Rua Engenheiro Tibúrcio (residential street, 26 m).
The nearest airport is Aeroclube de Nova Iguaçu (small), 5.3 km away. Far enough to barely count.
There is a railway line 642 m away. Nearby local sources: railway (642 m).
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Day and night
By day the estimate is 55 dB(A), index 83. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 49 dB(A), index 99. It is within the NBR 10151 references for residential areas (55 dB(A) by day and 50 at night).
What makes up the index
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The closest neighbourhoods and their scores.
- Heliópolis1.1 km away76
- Santo Antônio da Prata1.2 km away55
- Piam1.3 km away81
- Palmeira1.3 km away66
- Andrade Araújo1.5 km away78
- Bairro das Graças2 km away81
How to read this index
The Sossego Index runs from 0 to 100 and is an estimate built from open data, not an on-site measurement. 100 means 48 dB(A) or less, the level of a calm residential area. 0 means 86 dB(A) or more, the level of a heavy traffic avenue. Each neighbourhood's value is the median of nine points around its centre.
Read the full methodologyOpenStreetMap data, computed on October 21, 2026.