Neighbourhood noise map
Areia Branca, Santos
Sossego Index 76 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 13 of the 60 neighbourhoods rated in Santos. That is above the city average of 67.
Low noise most of the day. You can sleep with the window open.
Inside the neighbourhood the index runs from 35 to 92. 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 Nossa Senhora de Fátima (arterial road, 338 m), Avenida Engenheiro Manoel Ferramenta Júnior (main local road, 158 m) and Rua Francisco Lourenço Gomes Júnior (residential street, 22 m). Traffic is the main source of noise.
The nearest airport is Base Aérea de Santos (regional), 7.6 km away. Far enough to barely count.
Day and night
By day the estimate is 57 dB(A), index 76. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 49 dB(A), index 97. It is above the daytime NBR 10151 reference for residential areas (55 dB(A)) but within the night one (50 dB(A)).
What makes up the index
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The closest neighbourhoods and their scores.
- Castelo616 m away88
- São Jorge622 m away72
- Vila São Jorge660 m away67
- Santa Maria711 m away76
- Bom Retiro1.1 km away75
- Rádio Clube1.2 km away90
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.