Neighbourhood noise map
Major Prates, Montes Claros
Sossego Index 81 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 45 of the 191 neighbourhoods rated in Montes Claros. That is above the city average of 74.
Low noise most of the day. You can sleep with the window open.
Inside the neighbourhood the index runs from 70 to 86. Noise is similar across the whole area.
The roads that weigh most on the noise of the neighbourhood are Avenida Francisco Gaetani (collector road, 156 m), Rua Professor Raimundo Neto (residential street, 9 m) and Avenida Mestra Fininha da Silveira (arterial road, 632 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is Aeroporto de Montes Claros - Mário Ribeiro (international), 7.1 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.
- Vargem Grande548 m away69
- Augusta Mota631 m away79
- São Geraldo725 m away80
- Morada do Sol875 m away72
- Sagrada Família920 m away72
- Canelas941 m away79
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.