Decibel Shield

The loudest cities in Europe, ranked by noise exposure

Across 314 European agglomerations measured under the EU Environmental Noise Directive, Terni, Italy ranks loudest by day-evening-night (Lden) transport-noise exposure, followed by Bacau and Messina. These are measured EEA figures (2022 round) — road, rail, aircraft and industry — not estimates.

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The ranking: 314 European cities

Each city's measured day-evening-night (Lden) and night (Lnight) transport-noise range for its noise-exposed residents, with the dominant source. Lden is the EU annual-average day-evening-night level; the WHO road-traffic guideline is 53 dB Lden / 45 dB Lnight.

European cities ranked by measured Lden transport-noise exposure (EU Environmental Noise Directive, 2022 round, via the EEA)
# City Country Lden Lnight Source Population
1 Terni Italy 55–75 50–70 Road 110,940
2 Bacau Romania 55–75 50–65 Road 136,087
3 Messina Italy 55–75 50–65 Road 220,094
4 Bruges Belgium 55–75 50–65 Road 118,509
5 Essen Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 581,980
6 Solingen Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 159,029
7 Pescara Italy 55–75 50–65 Road, Rail 119,445
8 Aachen Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 246,443
9 Kassel Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 202,689
10 Remscheid Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 111,082
11 Latina Italy 55–75 55–65 Road 127,861
12 Iasi Romania 55–75 50–65 Road 271,692
13 Wiesbaden Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 282,903
14 Pforzheim Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 125,542
15 Saarbruecken Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 183,696
16 Vigo Spain 55–70 50–65 Road 291,082
17 Vienna Austria 55–75 45–65 Road 1,977,300
18 Ghent Belgium 55–75 50–65 Road 265,086
19 Rijeka Croatia 55–75 50–65 Road 107,964
20 Bonn Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 335,975
21 Heilbronn Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 130,870
22 Munich Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 1,500,962
23 Moenchengladbach Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 270,877
24 Graz Austria 55–75 45–65 Road 291,000
25 Zagreb Croatia 55–75 50–65 Road 767,131
26 Split Croatia 55–70 50–65 Road 160,577
27 Ruda Slaska Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 135,695
28 Duesseldorf Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 644,000
29 Herne Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 161,472
30 Osnabrueck Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 168,286
31 Reggio Emilia Italy 55–70 50–65 Road 169,029
32 Walbrzych Poland 55–75 50–65 Road 108,222
33 San Sebastian - Donostia Spain 55–70 50–60 Road 178,446
34 Augsburg Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 297,052
35 Duisburg Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 498,182
36 Berlin Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 3,606,316
37 Muelheim on the Ruhr Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 173,255
38 Recklinghausen Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 119,435
39 Wuppertal Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 361,774
40 Luxembourg_south Luxembourg 55–75 50–65 Road 180,449
41 Bucharest Romania 55–70 50–65 Road 2,161,347
42 Bottrop Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 117,311
43 Chemnitz Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 175,193
44 Paris France 55–70 50–65 Road 7,068,800
45 Bolzano Italy 55–70 50–65 Road 107,879
46 Verona Italy 55–70 50–65 Road 258,500
47 Gelsenkirchen Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 259,718
48 Sassari Italy 55–70 50–60 Road 111,600
49 Zielona Gora Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 134,385
50 Moers Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 103,680
51 Halle Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 238,367
52 Leipzig Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 601,866
53 Potsdam Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 175,710
54 Stuttgart Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 609,668
55 Luebeck Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 216,000
56 Mannheim Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 309,370
57 Muenster Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 317,000
58 Nuremberg Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 519,850
59 Opole Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 122,567
60 Szczecin Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 398,255
61 Salzburg Austria 55–75 45–65 Road 155,000
62 Dortmund Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 609,781
63 Valencia Spain 55–75 50–65 Road 795,736
64 Fuerth Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 129,882
65 Krefeld Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 227,100
66 Oberhausen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 211,006
67 Zabrze Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 169,831
68 Versailles France 55–75 50–65 Road 269,200
69 Lodz Poland 55–75 50–65 Road 614,427
70 Angers France 55–70 50–65 Road 283,200
71 Besancon France 55–70 50–65 Road 198,250
72 Kiel Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 248,000
73 Koblenz Germany 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 113,161
74 Wuerzburg Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 127,459
75 Gliwice Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 160,503
76 Wroclaw Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 606,939
77 Satu Mare Romania 55–70 50–60 Road 91,520
78 Cologne Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 1,087,583
79 Antwerp Belgium 55–70 50–65 Road 530,630
80 Leuven Belgium 55–70 50–65 Road 102,236
81 Bergisch Gladbach Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 111,600
82 Erlangen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 114,328
83 Ludwigshafen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 172,145
84 Genoa Italy 55–70 50–65 Rail, Road 583,601
85 Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg Norway 55–70 50–65 Road 139,117
86 Bytom Poland 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 162,250
87 Krakow Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 706,065
88 Hagen Germany 55–75 50–65 Road 188,501
89 Luxembourg Luxembourg 55–75 50–65 Road, Air 200,667
90 Frankfurt on the Main Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 770,112
91 Hamburg Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 1,853,935
92 Ulm Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 126,329
93 Brescia Italy 55–70 50–65 Road 196,700
94 Prato Italy 55–70 50–65 Road 200,647
95 Timisoara Romania 55–70 50–65 Road 250,849
96 Bielefeld Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 334,002
97 Bremerhaven Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 117,537
98 Hanover Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 551,001
99 Magdeburg Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 237,651
100 Valletta Malta 55–70 50–65 Road 339,361
101 Amsterdam Netherlands 55–70 50–65 Road 2,636,524
102 Nijmegen Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 177,233
103 Drammen Norway 55–70 50–65 Road 101,386
104 Alcobendas Spain 55–70 50–60 Road 117,040
105 Brunswick Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 250,889
106 Freiburg Germany 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 230,241
107 Heidelberg Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 160,355
108 Neuss Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 155,163
109 Aarhus Denmark 55–70 50–65 Road 251,047
110 Beauchamp France 55–70 50–65 Road 270,700
111 Bordeaux France 55–70 50–65 Road 774,900
112 Bremen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 561,260
113 Piacenza Italy 55–70 50–65 Road 102,731
114 The Hague Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 1,384,824
115 Bydgoszcz Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 344,091
116 Czestochowa Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 205,893
117 Vitoria - Gazteiz Spain 55–70 50–60 Road 244,420
118 Linz Austria 55–70 45–60 Road 260,300
119 Copenhagen Denmark 55–70 50–65 Road 1,254,256
120 Le Pecq France 55–70 50–65 Road 341,300
121 Bochum Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 370,146
122 Dresden Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 534,445
123 Reutlingen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 115,793
124 Dublin Ireland 55–70 50–65 Road 1,566,538
125 Apeldoorn Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 163,980
126 Chorzow Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 106,846
127 Arras France 55–70 50–65 Road 110,200
128 Lyon France 55–70 50–65 Road 1,375,000
129 Hildesheim Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 104,579
130 Ingolstadt Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 138,537
131 Rotterdam Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 1,363,320
132 Bilbao Spain 55–70 50–60 Road 345,910
133 Oviedo Spain 55–70 50–60 Road 222,936
134 Huddinge Sweden 55–70 50–65 Rail, Road 112,848
135 Malmo Sweden 55–70 50–65 Road 344,166
136 Biel/Bienne Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 107,953
137 Lucerne Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 236,386
138 Grenoble France 55–70 50–60 Road 451,800
139 Leverkusen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 163,851
140 Brunoy France 55–75 50–65 Road 177,800
141 Clermont-Ferrand France 55–70 50–60 Road 291,800
142 Goettingen Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 136,065
143 Cagliari Italy 55–70 50–60 Road 342,810
144 Eindhoven Netherlands 55–70 50–65 Road 465,719
145 Elblag Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 108,177
146 Warsaw Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 1,663,587
147 Darmstadt Germany 55–75 50–65 Road, Air 161,874
148 Innsbruck Austria 55–70 45–60 Road 144,200
149 Odense Denmark 55–70 50–60 Road 196,695
150 Turku Finland 55–70 50–60 Road 192,962
151 Caen France 55–70 50–60 Road 268,900
152 Rennes France 55–70 50–60 Road 444,700
153 Karlsruhe Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 313,092
154 Mainz Germany 55–70 50–65 Road 216,108
155 Regensburg Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 154,856
156 Arnhem Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 161,852
157 Enschede Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 313,651
158 Gouda Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 215,066
159 Poznan Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 530,741
160 Aalborg Denmark 55–70 50–60 Road 138,581
161 Limoges France 55–70 50–60 Road 211,508
162 Nice France 55–70 50–60 Road 545,000
163 Orsay France 55–70 50–65 Road 313,800
164 Bologna Italy 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 488,742
165 Heerlen Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 245,921
166 Hilversum Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 233,128
167 s Hertogenbosch Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 155,301
168 Plock Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 112,687
169 Saint-Etienne France 55–70 50–60 Road 408,700
170 Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois France 55–70 50–65 Road 196,000
171 Trappes France 55–70 50–65 Road 231,100
172 Groningen Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 232,369
173 Rzeszow Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 193,829
174 Jonkoping Sweden 55–70 50–65 Road 141,081
175 St. Gallen Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 167,517
176 Winterthur Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 146,238
177 Marseille France 55–70 50–60 Road 1,886,800
178 Tours France 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 299,100
179 Catania Italy 50–70 50–65 Road 314,125
180 Amersfoort Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 157,327
181 Breda Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 184,068
182 Oslo Norway 55–70 50–65 Road 1,120,927
183 Bielsko-Biała Poland 55–70 50–65 Road 169,756
184 Katowice Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 269,367
185 Tarnow Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 107,045
186 Zug Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 135,171
187 Helsinki Finland 55–70 50–65 Road 653,835
188 Jyvaskyla Finland 55–70 50–60 Road 142,400
189 Aubergenville France 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 411,100
190 Dunkerque France 55–70 50–60 Road 203,800
191 Lens France 55–70 50–65 Road 245,000
192 Reims France 55–70 50–60 Road 299,100
193 Rostock Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 208,886
194 Utrecht Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 571,209
195 Gdynia Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 243,918
196 Rybnik Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 127,768
197 Baden-Brugg Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 113,240
198 Basel Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 554,536
199 Lausanne Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 437,806
200 Zurich Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 1,417,961
201 Cork Ireland 55–70 50–60 Road 272,400
202 Norrkoping Sweden 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 143,171
203 Vasteras Sweden 55–70 50–65 Road 154,049
204 Geneva Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 602,056
205 Brest France 55–70 50–60 Road 213,000
206 Rouen France 55–70 50–60 Road 499,600
207 Alkmaar Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 249,472
208 Sosnowiec Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 181,532
209 Wloclawek Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 99,100
210 Craiova Romania 55–70 50–65 Road 234,140
211 Lugano Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 113,240
212 Castellon de la Plana Spain 55–65 50–60 Road 174,264
213 Kuopio Finland 55–70 50–60 Road 119,235
214 Lahti Finland 55–70 50–60 Road 119,875
215 Oldenburg Germany 55–70 50–60 Road 169,605
216 Vilnius Lithuania 55–70 50–60 Road 578,801
217 Gdansk Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 470,621
218 Radom Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 193,016
219 Madrid Spain 55–70 50–60 Road 3,334,730
220 Bern Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 421,240
221 Cergy France 55–70 50–65 Road 205,700
222 Almere Netherlands 55–70 50–60 Road 213,006
223 Trondheim Norway 55–70 50–60 Road 205,163
224 Tychy Poland 55–70 50–60 Road 126,871
225 Gavle Sweden 55–70 50–65 Road, Rail 102,418
226 Lund Sweden 55–70 50–60 Road, Rail 124,935
227 Tampere Finland 55–70 50–60 Road 239,269
228 Torcy France 55–70 50–65 Road 228,900
229 Limerick Ireland 55–70 50–60 Road 122,596
230 Bergen Norway 50–70 50–65 Road 283,929
231 Pamplona Spain 50–70 50–60 Road 335,350
232 Uppsala Sweden 55–70 50–65 Road 230,767
233 Fribourg Switzerland 55–70 45–60 Road 107,985
234 Turin Italy 50–70 50–65 Road 1,334,575
235 Hanau Germany 55–70 50–65 Air, Road 100,307
236 Gothenburg Sweden 55–70 50–60 Road 579,281
237 Orebro Sweden 50–70 50–65 Road 155,696
238 Limassol Cyprus 50–65 45–60 Road 200,431
239 Offenbach on the Main Germany 55–70 50–65 Air 133,277
240 Zwolle Netherlands 55–65 50–60 Road 129,029
241 Courcouronnes France 55–70 50–60 Road 347,000
242 Montmorency France 55–70 50–65 Air, Road 183,100
243 Nantes France 55–65 50–60 Road 636,000
244 Roissy-en-France France 55–65 50–60 Air, Road 349,500
245 Vantaa Finland 55–65 50–60 Road 233,775
246 Espoo Finland 55–65 50–60 Road 289,761
247 Liege Belgium 50–70 50–65 Road 195,278
248 Stavanger/Sandnes Norway 50–70 50–60 Road 261,485
249 Plzen Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 191,279
250 Nicosia Cyprus 50–65 45–60 Road 254,995
251 Logrono Spain 45–70 40–60 Road 150,808
252 Helsingborg Sweden 50–70 50–65 Road 147,734
253 Prague Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 1,442,378
254 Oulu Finland 55–65 50–60 Road 205,489
255 Olomouc Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 109,514
256 Gorzow Wielkopolski Poland 50–70 50–60 Road 121,714
257 Umea Sweden 50–65 50–60 Road 128,901
258 Padua Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 196,326
259 Stockholm Sweden 50–70 50–65 Road 974,073
260 Kauniainen Finland 55–65 50–55 Road 9,797
261 Ostrava Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 428,269
262 Brno Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 443,880
263 Liberec Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 164,645
264 Nacka Sweden 50–70 50–60 Rail, Road 105,189
265 Trieste Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 196,908
266 Teplice Czech Republic 50–70 40–60 Road 171,348
267 Eskilstuna Sweden 50–65 50–65 Road 106,859
268 Bari Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 316,227
269 Kielce Poland 50–65 50–60 Road 192,468
270 Charleroi Belgium 50–70 50–65 Road 202,421
271 Foggia Italy 45–65 40–60 Road 146,406
272 Modena Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 187,977
273 Florence Italy 45–70 40–65 Road 359,755
274 Naples Italy 45–70 40–65 Road 940,940
275 Taranto Italy 45–65 40–60 Road 189,218
276 Halmstad Sweden 50–65 50–60 Road 102,767
277 Leon Spain 45–65 40–55 Road 125,163
278 Boras Sweden 50–65 40–60 Road 113,179
279 Milan-Monza Italy 45–70 40–65 Road 2,312,197
280 Torun Poland 45–65 40–60 Road 199,469
281 Forli Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 117,479
282 Parma Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 200,218
283 Siauliai Lithuania 45–70 40–60 Road 109,636
284 Lublin Poland 45–65 40–60 Road 336,339
285 Valladolid Spain 45–65 40–60 Road 298,412
286 Odivelas Portugal 45–65 40–55 Road 148,058
287 Livorno Italy 45–65 40–60 Road 143,683
288 Leganes Spain 45–65 40–60 Road 192,827
289 Rome Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 2,783,809
290 Dos Hermanas Spain 45–65 40–60 Road 133,968
291 Perugia Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 164,057
292 Porto Portugal 45–70 40–60 Road 237,593
293 Rimini Italy 45–70 40–60 Road 148,688
294 Venice Italy 45–65 40–60 Road, Rail 255,609
295 Bialystok Poland 45–65 40–55 Road 296,401
296 Dabrowa Gornicza Poland 45–65 40–55 Road 117,650
297 Olsztyn Poland 45–65 40–55 Road 170,622
298 Riga Latvia 45–65 40–60 Road 614,618
299 Amadora Portugal 45–65 40–55 Road 171,500
300 Getafe Spain 45–65 40–60 Road 192,601
301 Linkoping Sweden 45–65 40–60 Road, Rail 163,051
302 Larnaca Cyprus 45–65 45–60 Road 99,649
303 Pafos Cyprus 45–65 45–60 Road 50,461
304 Oeiras Portugal 45–65 40–60 Road 171,767
305 Fuenlabrada Spain 45–65 40–55 Road 193,700
306 Ferrara Italy 50–60 45–50 Road 134,914
307 Gijon Spain 45–65 40–55 Road, Rail 274,068
308 Ravenna Italy 50–55 45–50 Road, Rail 160,509
309 Tartu Estonia 45–65 45–55 Road 95,389
310 Brussels Belgium 45–65 45–60 Road 1,222,637
311 Kaunas Lithuania 45–60 40–55 Road 298,753
312 Tallinn Estonia 45–60 45–55 Road 444,970
313 Matosinhos Portugal 45–60 40–55 Road, Air 172,586
314 Torrejon de Ardoz Spain 45–60 40–55 Road 131,376

Which European cities are the noisiest?

By this EEA data the noisiest European cities are the loudest: Terni, Bacau, Messina top the list, because "noisiest" here means measured road, rail, aircraft and industrial exposure (Lden), not sirens, construction or nightlife. The full ranking of all 314 cities is in the table above.

Does the EU publish a ranking of its loudest cities?

No. The Environmental Noise Directive requires every EU and EEA country to map strategic noise and report exposure, but the EU never compiles those submissions into a single cross-country ranking. This page is that ranking: 314 agglomerations across 24 countries, ordered by measured population-weighted Lden, with Terni, Italy loudest and Bacau second.

Where the noise lives, city by city

City rankings hide the geography. Every city in the table has its own noise map, drawn straight from the EU strategic noise maps — each road, railway and flight path shaded by its measured Lden band, yellow (≈55 dB) through red to dark purple (≈75 dB+). A few capitals to start; open any city for its own.

Noise map of Vienna, Austria — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #17 Vienna, Austria noise map → Noise map of Munich, Germany — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #22 Munich, Germany noise map → Noise map of Berlin, Germany — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #36 Berlin, Germany noise map → Noise map of Paris, France — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #44 Paris, France noise map → Noise map of Amsterdam, Netherlands — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #101 Amsterdam, Netherlands noise map → Noise map of Copenhagen, Denmark — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #119 Copenhagen, Denmark noise map → Noise map of Dublin, Ireland — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #124 Dublin, Ireland noise map → Noise map of Rotterdam, Netherlands — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #131 Rotterdam, Netherlands noise map → Noise map of Warsaw, Poland — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #146 Warsaw, Poland noise map → Noise map of Zurich, Switzerland — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #200 Zurich, Switzerland noise map → Noise map of Madrid, Spain — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #219 Madrid, Spain noise map → Noise map of Prague, Czech Republic — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #253 Prague, Czech Republic noise map → Noise map of Stockholm, Sweden — road traffic contours from the EU strategic noise maps over the street network. #259 Stockholm, Sweden noise map →

Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Contours: EU Environmental Noise Directive strategic noise maps (2022 round), via the EEA.

Browse by country

Each country with more than one ranked city has its own page — its cities ranked against each other.

How this ranking is computed

Like our US city ranking, this involves no estimation by us — it is measured exposure data. Every EU and EEA member state maps strategic noise under the Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) and reports, for each agglomeration over 100,000 residents, the number of people exposed in each 5 dB Lden and Lnight band from road, rail, aircraft and industry. The European Environment Agency harmonises those submissions (2022 round). We take each city's reported distribution, derive the Lden/Lnight band span where the bulk of its exposed residents fall, and rank by population-weighted mean Lden. Cities that did not report exposure are excluded rather than estimated.

Limitations: 2022 reporting round; transportation and industry sources only; only residents above the 55 dB Lden / 50 dB Lnight thresholds are reported, so ranges describe the noise-exposed population, not the quietest streets; the UK and several countries that did not report agglomeration exposure to the EEA are not yet covered.

How loud is your street?

Rankings describe city-wide exposure — your block is its own story. Check it with the free online decibel meter, and compare against US cities and the global city sound map.

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Decibel Shield. "European Cities Ranked by Transportation Noise Exposure." decibelshield.app, 2026, https://decibelshield.app/sound-map/europe/. Accessed [date].