Neighbourhood noise map
Água Branca, Contagem
Sossego Index 72 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 156 of the 263 neighbourhoods rated in Contagem. That is below the city average of 76.
Low noise most of the day. You can sleep with the window open.
Inside the neighbourhood the index runs from 45 to 84. 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 Pio XII (collector road, 69 m), Rua Santa Rita (residential street, 1 m) and Rua Cardeal Arco Verde (main local road, 150 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is Aeroporto de Belo Horizonte - Carlos Prates (small), 4.3 km away. Far enough to barely count.
There is a railway line 888 m away. Nearby local sources: railway (920 m).
Day and night
By day the estimate is 59 dB(A), index 72. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 52 dB(A), index 89. It is above the NBR 10151 reference for residential areas (55 dB(A) by day and 50 at night) in both periods.
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The closest neighbourhoods and their scores.
- Vila Darcy Vargas405 m away75
- Jardim Bandeirantes485 m away64
- Eldoradinho576 m away62
- Conjunto Água Branca721 m away59
- Vila Paris806 m away63
- Jardim das Oliveiras895 m away50
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.