Neighbourhood noise map
Santa Amélia, Belford Roxo
Sossego Index 81 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 23 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 39 to 97. Some corners are much louder than others, usually next to the avenues.
The roads that weigh most on the noise of the neighbourhood are Rua Belem (residential street, 5 m), Estrada do Barro Vermelho (main local road, 81 m) and Avenida Joaquim da Costa Lima (arterial road, 361 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is Aeroclube de Nova Iguaçu (small), 7.6 km away. Far enough to barely count.
Day and night
By day the estimate is 55 dB(A), index 81. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 47 dB(A), index 100. 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.
- Boa Esperança370 m away83
- Nova Piam1 km away81
- Piam1.1 km away81
- Barro Vermelho1.2 km away85
- Bom Pastor1.4 km away92
- Bairro das Graças1.5 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.