Our model puts Alfama at around 68 dB(A) as a day-evening-night average, which reads as loud. Levels range from about 60 to 76 dB(A) between its quietest and loudest streets.

Is Alfama quiet at night?

Modelled night levels average around 58 dB(A), lively, about as loud as a nearby conversation. The quietest hour is typically around 03:00.

What is the main noise source in Alfama?

Road traffic dominates, carrying about 77% of the modelled sound energy, followed by nightlife and crowds.

When is Alfama loudest?

The loudest hour is typically around 18:00, the calmest around 03:00.

Noise in Alfama

Lisbon · modelled noise guide

Alfama averages around 68 dB(A) over the day-evening-night cycle in our model, which reads as loud. Nights average around 58 dB(A). The oldest quarter, steep and largely car-free inside. The noise lives on its edges: the riverfront avenue below and the tram corridors above.

45 quiet556575+ very loud

Day-evening-night (Lden)

68 dB(A)

Night average (Ln)

58 dB(A)

Main source

road traffic
77% of sound energy

Quiet pockets

0% below 55 dB(A)

Across 13 sampled spots the average ranges from 60 to 76 dB(A): a moderate spread between its calm and busy streets. The loudest hour is typically around 18:00 and the calmest around 03:00.

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Questions people ask

How noisy is Alfama?: Our model puts Alfama at around 68 dB(A) as a day-evening-night average, which reads as loud. Levels range from about 60 to 76 dB(A) between its quietest and loudest streets.
Is Alfama quiet at night?: Modelled night levels average around 58 dB(A), lively, about as loud as a nearby conversation. The quietest hour is typically around 03:00.
What is the main noise source in Alfama?: Road traffic dominates, carrying about 77% of the modelled sound energy, followed by nightlife and crowds.
When is Alfama loudest?: The loudest hour is typically around 18:00, the calmest around 03:00.

Nearby areas

What helps against the noise

Cheap fixes first (earplugs, masking sound), structural ones second (acoustic glazing takes 5 to 10 dB off the room behind it). Our short, independent picks:

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How these numbers are made. Urbient models noise from OpenStreetMap geometry: roads, rail and pedestrian streets as line sources with per-street traffic adjustments, venues as point sources, aircraft corridors calibrated against the official 2021 strategic noise map, and shielding from 466,000 building footprints. The figures here average 13 sample points spread over the area; any single address can sit well above or below them. This is a modelled estimate and never a certified measurement under DL 9/2007. Official maps: CML and APA.