Neighbourhood noise map
Vila Portão Branco, Santa Maria
Sossego Index 73 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 252 of the 396 neighbourhoods rated in Santa Maria. That is below the city average of 80.
Low noise most of the day. You can sleep with the window open.
Inside the neighbourhood the index runs from 52 to 89. Some corners are much louder than others, usually next to the avenues.
The roads that weigh most on the noise of the neighbourhood are ERS-516 (collector road, 123 m), Rua Portão Branco (residential street, 5 m) and Rua José Barin (collector road, 160 m).
The nearest airport is Aeroporto de Santa Maria (international), 14.4 km away. Far enough to barely count.
There is a railway line 85 m away. Nearby local sources: railway (85 m), Linha Porto Alegre-Uruguaiana (1.1 km).
Day and night
By day the estimate is 58 dB(A), index 73. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 56 dB(A), index 79. 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.
- Caturrita358 m away84
- Vila Bela União499 m away82
- Vila Jordânia539 m away68
- Vila Nossa Senhora da Conceição849 m away78
- Vila São José998 m away81
- Vila Santa Rita1 km away78
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.