Neighbourhood noise map
Vila Selmer, Santa Maria
Sossego Index 70 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 284 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 31 to 74. 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 Presidente Vargas (collector road, 98 m), Rua General Daltro Filho (residential street, 11 m) and Avenida Borges de Medeiros (collector road, 227 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is Aeroporto de Santa Maria (international), 11 km away. Far enough to barely count.
Day and night
By day the estimate is 59 dB(A), index 70. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 52 dB(A), index 89. 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.
- Vila Antônio Corrêa164 m away67
- Nossa Senhora de Fátima246 m away72
- Vila Holtermann375 m away68
- Vila Imembuí404 m away59
- Vila Zulmira574 m away68
- Vila Kosoroski581 m away76
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.