Sensitivity map

Schools and hospitals most exposed to noise in Recife

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 748 schools and 107 hospitals with a name in OpenStreetMap in Recife, with the same model used for the neighbourhoods, at the point of each one.

schools

725 / 748

725 of 748 (97%) sit at points whose daytime estimate is above 50 dB(A); at night, 680 are above 45 dB(A). Average: 60.9 dB(A) by day.

hospitals

106 / 107

106 of 107 (99%) sit at points whose daytime estimate is above 50 dB(A); at night, 104 are above 45 dB(A). Average: 64.2 dB(A) by day.

The 30 most exposed schools

Name	Neighbourhood	dB(A) day	night	Index	Road that weighs most
Faculdade	Cafesópolis	76	70	25	Avenida Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes (expressway, 12 m)
Colégio Santa Joana		76	69	26	Avenida Doutor Cláudio José Gueiros Leite (arterial road, 7 m)
colégio GGE	Paissandu	76	70	27	Rua Paissandú (expressway, 12 m)
Santo Antônio do Caçote-ENLURB-Anexo I	Estância	76	69	27	Avenida Recife (arterial road, 7 m)
colégio ideia	Madalena	74	67	31	Rua Real da Torre (arterial road, 11 m)
Escola Pintor Lula Cardoso Ayres	Jordão Baixo	74	66	32	Rua Nova Canaã (collector road, 0 m)
escola planeta criança	San Martin	73	67	33	Avenida Engenheiro Abdias de Carvalho (expressway, 19 m)
Escola Maria Goretti	Ilha do Retiro	73	66	34	Estrada dos Remédios (arterial road, 13 m)
Instituto Cervantes	Paissandu	73	67	33	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 34 m)
Escola Ibura	UR-05 - Vila Cohab.	73	65	34	Rua Expedicionario Francisco Vitoriano (collector road, 1 m)
Escola Jose Mariano	Estância	73	66	34	Avenida Doutor José Rufino (arterial road, 10 m)
Escola Leão	Boa Viagem	73	66	34	Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira (arterial road, 15 m)
Oswaldo Lima Filho	Pina	73	66	35	Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira (arterial road, 16 m)
Colégio Independência	Estância	73	66	35	Rua da Baliza (arterial road, 23 m)
Colégio Contato	Derby	72	66	37	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 42 m)
Escola Maria Amália	Macaxeira	72	65	37	Avenida Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar (arterial road, 18 m)
Escola Municipal Paz e Amor	Ibura	72	66	38	Avenida Recife (arterial road, 444 m)
Escola Vila dos Milagres	UR-03 - Vila Cohab	72	66	38	Rodovia Governador Mário Covas (expressway, 42 m)
Escola Municipal Oswaldo Lima Filho	Pina	72	65	38	Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira (arterial road, 20 m)
Security Center	Cabanga	72	65	38	Rua Engenheiro José Estelita (collector road, 13 m)
Escola Cacique Chicão Xucuru	Alto José do Pinho	72	65	38	Avenida Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar (arterial road, 20 m)
Escola Saturnino de Brito	Loteamento dos Terrenos	72	65	38	Estrada da Batalha (expressway, 34 m)
Anexo IV - Alda Romeu	Morro da Conceição	71	63	39	Rua Córrego do Euclides (collector road, 6 m)
Escola dos Remédios	Ilha do Retiro	71	64	38	Rua Cosme Viana (arterial road, 23 m)
Lagoa Encantada	UR-02 - Vila Cohab	71	64	38	Rua Doutor Benígno Vasconcelos (collector road, 3 m)
Escola de Referencia em Ensino Medio Edson Moury Fernandes	Pina	71	64	39	Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira (arterial road, 21 m)
Escola Professor José Francsco Barros		71	65	39	Avenida Duque de Caxias (expressway, 21 m)
Colégio Americano Batista	Derby	71	65	39	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 47 m)
Colégio Maria Tereza	Loteamento dos Terrenos	71	65	39	Avenida Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes (expressway, 144 m)
Escola Professor Jose Vicente Barbosa	Ipsep	71	65	39	Avenida Recife (arterial road, 178 m)

The 30 most exposed hospitals

Name	Neighbourhood	dB(A) day	night	Index	Road that weighs most
Hospital Nossa Senhora do Ó		80	73	17	Avenida Doutor Cláudio José Gueiros Leite (arterial road, 0 m)
UPA Olinda – Gregório Lourenço Bezerra		75	69	29	Avenida Pan Nordestina (expressway, 12 m)
UPA Imbiribeira – Maria Esther Souto Carvalho	Ipsep	74	68	32	Avenida Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes (expressway, 29 m)
Urgência Pediátrica	Espinheiro	73	67	34	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 30 m)
Hospital Memorial São José	Paissandu	72	66	37	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 39 m)
UPA Paulista – Geraldo Pinho Alves		72	65	37	Estrada da Mirueira (arterial road, 25 m)
Clínica Nossa Senhora do Carmo		72	65	37	Avenida Governador Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti (arterial road, 18 m)
Hospital São Marcos	Paissandu	72	66	37	Rua Paissandú (expressway, 30 m)
Policlínica Lessa de Andrade	Madalena	72	65	38	Estrada dos Remédios (arterial road, 33 m)
Memorial Guararapes		72	65	38	Avenida Doutor Júlio Maranhão (expressway, 45 m)
Upinha 24 Horas Moacyr Andre Gomes	Morro da Conceição	72	65	38	Avenida Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar (arterial road, 20 m)
Hospital Central Nossa Senhora Aparecida		71	66	38	Avenida Pan Nordestina (expressway, 26 m)
Hospital Santa Terezinha	Jardim Santa Helena	71	64	41	Avenida Caxangá (arterial road, 28 m)
Hospital De Ávila	Madalena	70	63	41	Avenida Visconde de Albuquerque (arterial road, 25 m)
Clinical Center	Pina	70	63	42	Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira (arterial road, 26 m)
Hospital Esperança Unidade Olinda		70	63	42	Avenida Doutor José Augusto Moreira (arterial road, 25 m)
UPA Olinda – Gregório Lourenço Bezerra		70	64	42	Avenida Pan Nordestina (expressway, 37 m)
UPA Torrões – Dulce Sampaio	Torrões	70	64	43	Avenida Engenheiro Abdias de Carvalho (expressway, 41 m)
Hospital de Referência Covid-19 - Unidade Boa Viagem	Boa Viagem	69	62	44	Avenida Visconde de Jequitinhonha (arterial road, 42 m)
Hospital de Fraturas	Soledade	69	62	44	Avenida Montevidéu (collector road, 20 m)
Hospital da Restauração	Derby	69	62	45	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 74 m)
Real Hospital Português	Paissandu	69	62	46	Avenida Governador Agamenon Magalhães (expressway, 70 m)
Hospital Infantil Jorge de Medeiros	Rosarinho	69	62	46	Avenida Norte Miguel Arraes de Alencar (arterial road, 38 m)
UPA Caxangá – Escritor Paulo Cavalcanti	Caxangá	69	61	46	Avenida Joaquim Ribeiro (arterial road, 48 m)
Hospital de Olhos de Pernambuco	Ilha do Leite	68	62	46	Ponte José de Barros Lima (expressway, 103 m)
Maternidade Brites de Albuquerque		68	62	47	Avenida Pan Nordestina (expressway, 51 m)
Hospital Santa Joana Recife	Derby	68	61	48	Rua Joaquim Nabuco (arterial road, 35 m)
Real Hospital Português Boa Viagem	Pina	68	61	48	Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira (arterial road, 70 m)
Hospital da Mulher do Recife	Vila Planeta dos Macacos	67	61	49	Rodovia Governador Mário Covas (expressway, 126 m)
Hapvida Espinheiro	Espinheiro	67	60	50	Rua José Luís de Silveira Barros (collector road, 20 m)

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.

Noise map of Recife

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.