Neighbourhood noise map
Vila Presidente Vargas, Contagem
Sossego Index 71 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 172 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 52 to 81. Noise is similar across the whole area.
The roads that weigh most on the noise of the neighbourhood are Rua Jacareípe (residential street, 9 m), Avenida General David Sarnoff (arterial road, 463 m) and Rua Frederico Campos (residential street, 14 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is Aeroporto de Belo Horizonte - Carlos Prates (small), 7.1 km away. Far enough to barely count.
There is a railway line 673 m away. Nearby local sources: railway (673 m).
Day and night
By day the estimate is 59 dB(A), index 71. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 53 dB(A), index 88. It is above the NBR 10151 reference for residential areas (55 dB(A) by day and 50 at night) in both periods.
What makes up the index
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The closest neighbourhoods and their scores.
- Vila Líder165 m away68
- Jardim Industrial - Vila Vitória204 m away73
- Vila Pernambucana370 m away63
- Conjunto Sandoval de Azevedo429 m away67
- Vila Parque Industrial433 m away64
- Jardim Industrial 2ª Seção435 m away61
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.