Neighbourhood noise map
Potecas, São José
Sossego Index 83 out of 100: Calm. Ranked 15 of the 38 neighbourhoods rated in São José. 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 34 to 100. Some corners are much louder than others, usually next to the avenues.
The roads that weigh most on the noise of the neighbourhood are Rua Francisco Torquato da Rosa (collector road, 1 m), Rua Argentina (main local road, 131 m) and Rua Tabelião Quintino da Silva Furtado (main local road, 118 m).
The nearest airport is Aeroclube de Santa Catarina (small), 4.8 km away. Far enough to barely count.
Day and night
By day the estimate is 54 dB(A), index 83. At night, with less traffic, it drops to 46 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.
- Pedregal1 km away92
- Real Parque1.1 km away74
- Forquilhas Leste1.7 km away91
- Parque Residencial Lisboa2 km away87
- Areias2 km away83
- Loteamento Jardim Los Angeles2.2 km 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.