Mapa Sossego

Sensitivity map

Schools and hospitals most exposed to noise in Contagem

NBR 10151 sets 50 dB(A) by day and 45 at night as the reference for school and hospital areas, below the 55 dB(A) of residential areas. We scored 320 schools and 47 hospitals with a name in OpenStreetMap in Contagem, with the same model used for the neighbourhoods, at the point of each one.

schools
304 / 320

304 of 320 (95%) sit at points whose daytime estimate is above 50 dB(A); at night, 271 are above 45 dB(A). Average: 58.4 dB(A) by day.

hospitals
44 / 47

44 of 47 (94%) sit at points whose daytime estimate is above 50 dB(A); at night, 41 are above 45 dB(A). Average: 59.6 dB(A) by day.

The 30 most exposed schools

NamedB(A) dayIndex
Miniramp Vilarinho7333
Escola Municipal Aires da Mata Machado7335
Núcleo Infantil Anna Medioli7335
Escola Estadual Juscelino Kubitischeck de Oliveira7140
Censa - Centro Especializado Nossa Senhora D'Assumpção7140
E. E. Odilon Behrens7041
Escola Estadual Vinícius de Moraes6944
Colégio Salesiano6945
Instituto Educacional Planeta Azul Betim6945
Escola Estadual Hugo Werneck6945
Escola Estadual Maurício Murgel6945
Escola Estadual Ordem e Progresso6945
Escola Estadual Guia Lopes6946
Escola Municipal Professora Maria Martins "Mariinha"6846
Centro Infantil Municipal Criança Esperança6847
Centro Educacional Rei Davi6847
Anexo Escola Estadual Silvio Lobo (noite)6847
Escola Estadual Cristiano Machado6847
Escola Estadual João de Almeida6847
Escola Estadual Prof. Cláudio Brandão6848
Escola Municipal Professor Hilton Rocha6849
Escola Municipal Presidente Raul Soares6750
Escola Municipal Sebastiana Diniz Mattos Cardoso6749
SESI Mariza Araújo - COMAR6750
Escola Municipal Virgílio de Melo Franco6751
Escola Municipal Maria de Lourdes Oliveira6751
EMEI Barreiro6652
Escola Estadual Diogo de Vasconcelos6652
Escola Municipal Israel José Carlos - CAIC6653
Pré-vestibular6653

The 30 most exposed hospitals

NamedB(A) dayIndex
Unidade de Pronto Atendimento de Justinópolis7139
Hospital Santa Rita7140
Hospital São José7041
Hospital São Judas Tadeu7042
RG7042
Hospital Mater Dei Betim Contagem6945
Unimed Contagem6945
CPS Barreiro - Unimed6847
Posto de Saúde Bernardo Monteiro6751
Hospital Metropolitano Doutor Célio de Castro6651
Hospital Sarah Kubitschek6654
Hospital Unimed Betim6556
Centro de Saúde Carlos Renato Dias6458
UPA UAI Teresópolis6360
Hospital Geral Barreiro6361
Clínica Santa Lúcia6262
Centro de Saúde Padre Eustáquio6264
Unidade de Pronto Atendimento Contagem6167
Centro de Saúde Glória6068
Centro de Saúde6069
Hospital Alberto Cavalcanti6069
Centro de Saúde Pindorama5970
Hospital Municipal de Contagem e Centro Materno Infantil5972
Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas (CEO)5972
Farmacia5873
UBS JARDIM DE ALA5873
Centro de Saúde Itamarati5873
Hospital Espírita André Luiz5874
USB Alvorada5874
Centro de Saúde Jardim Leblon5875

An estimate at the map point, not a measurement. Buildings, walls and inner courtyards can cut the noise inside a school or hospital a lot. The list points to where measuring is worthwhile.

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 methodology

OpenStreetMap data, computed on October 21, 2026.