Neighbourhood noise map
Engenho Velho, Itaboraí
Sossego Index 75 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 64 of the 73 neighbourhoods rated in Itaboraí. That is below the city average of 91.
Low noise most of the day. You can sleep with the window open.
Inside the neighbourhood the index runs from 66 to 100. 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 Teles (arterial road, 262 m), Rua Sete (residential street, 4 m) and Rodovia Presidente João Goulart (arterial road, 579 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is an unnamed airfield (small), 3.2 km away. Far enough to barely count.
Day and night
By day the estimate is 58 dB(A), index 75. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 51 dB(A), index 93. 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.
- Itaville839 m away89
- Bairro de Esperança1.1 km away82
- Reta Velha1.6 km away88
- Colônia1.6 km away100
- Iguá2.1 km away85
- Venda das Pedras2.8 km away68
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.