Courtyard beats street
In the same building, the courtyard side is often 10 to 15 dB quieter than the street side. Ask which way the bedroom faces: it matters more than the district.
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Where is Linz quietest to live?
Official environmental noise map 2022 · evaluated per 250 m cell · Data as of: August 2026
Quiet is measurable. wohnwahn evaluated the official environmental noise map (road, motorway and rail) for every inhabited 250 m cell in Linz: 54% of residential spots are below 55 dB of traffic noise by day, 47% below 45 dB at night.
And because a district is not an address: the map below shows the exact spot, not the district average.
The quiet map of Linz and surroundings
Green means quiet. Every square is an inhabited 250 m cell with the loudest official traffic-noise zone (road, motorway, rail).
Only inhabited cells are coloured (woods and fields are not). Tap the map: you’ll see the noise band for that exact spot, day and night.
Linz’s quietest districts
Share of inhabited residential cells below 55 dB traffic noise by day. Linked: the full district profile in the Grätzl atlas.
- 191%quiet residential spots
- 273%quiet residential spots
- 364%quiet residential spots
- 463%quiet residential spots
- 563%quiet residential spots
- 654%quiet residential spots
- 753%quiet residential spots
- 851%quiet residential spots
- 950%quiet residential spots
- 1043%quiet residential spots
Method: loudest official noise zone per inhabited 250 m cell, clipped to the real district boundary. Honest caveat: even Linz’s loudest district (Ebelsberg: 28% quiet spots) has calm courtyards, and quiet districts have loud main roads. The map above shows the exact spot.
Quiet, yet in the middle of it
Quiet often reads as “remote”. These districts prove the opposite: share of residential cells that are below 55 dB AND within 25 minutes of Hauptplatz by transit (matched per cell, not district averages).
And outside Linz?
The share of quiet residential spots in the surrounding municipalities. One honest caveat: outside the Linz agglomeration the strategic noise map only covers major roads and railways, so “quiet” there can also mean “not mapped”. Local through-roads may be louder than the data shows.
- Gramastetten100% quiet residential spots
- Altenberg bei Linz99% quiet residential spots
- Wilhering95% quiet residential spots
- Luftenberg an der Donau95% quiet residential spots
- Steyregg91% quiet residential spots
- Ottensheim90% quiet residential spots
How to spot a quiet flat
Night counts differently
The official map has separate night values (Lnight). A road that is fine by day can be the reason you wake up at 5 a.m. Check both: the map above has a night toggle.
Rail is not road
Rail noise comes in intervals, road noise is constant. Many people sleep fine next to a rail line but not next to a four-lane road at the same dB level. Look at what the source is.
Check the exact address
On the wohnwahn search map, tap any point: “What’s here?” shows the official noise band, heat load, trees and travel times for that exact spot, before you book a viewing.
Homes in quiet locations
Currently 11 listings sit on wohnwahn in an officially quiet spot: under 60 dB by day, the level at which Austria has to plan noise protection. That is exactly what the “Quiet location” filter in the search does. Each card shows the noise band of its location.
quiet day & night · under 55 dBTraunFreiraum neu definiert- Wohnung mit Terrasse, Gartenanteil & Option zur Mehrgenerationenlösung!€ 484,000 · 91.9 m²
quiet day & night · under 55 dBTraunArchitektonisch durchdachtes Wohnen mit privater Terrasse!€ 385,000 · 82.7 m²
quiet by day · night 45–49 dBBulgariplatzWohnen mit einzigartigem Blick auf Linz!€ 905/month · 2 rm · 57.2 m²
quiet by day · night 45–49 dBBulgariplatzPenthouse-Wohnung mit einzigartigem Blick auf Linz!€ 1,090/month · 2 rm · 57.3 m²
quiet by day · night 45–49 dB4600 WelsGroßzügige 2-Zimmer Wohnung in der Pfarrgasse 15 (hofseitig)€ 816/month · 2 rm · 74.3 m²
day 55–59 dBInnere StadtSchöne 2-Zimmer Wohnung mit Loggia im Zentrum nähe Landstraße - Marienstraße 12€ 866/month · 2 rm · 59.3 m²Frequently asked questions
Which is Linz’s quietest district?
By share of quiet residential spots it is Pöstlingberg: 91% of inhabited cells are below 55 dB of traffic noise by day, followed by St. Magdalena (73%) and Dornach-Auhof (64%). Source: official environmental noise map, evaluated per 250 m cell.
How much of Linz is actually quiet?
54% of inhabited residential cells are below 55 dB by day, 47% below 45 dB at night. So quiet living in Linz is realistic, but it depends heavily on the exact spot.
What does “under 55 dB” mean?
55 dB (Lden, day-evening-night average) roughly corresponds to a calm side street. The strategic noise map only maps zones above 55 dB by day and 45 dB at night; anything below is not considered a relevant traffic noise load.
Are quiet districts badly connected?
No. Froschberg for example: 60% of its residential spots are quiet AND within 25 minutes of Hauptplatz by transit. Quiet and central is rarer, but it exists, and the data shows where.
Where does the data come from and how current is it?
Strategic environmental noise map 2022 (laerminfo.at, Federal Ministry BMK, CC BY), the EU-wide standard that is renewed every five years. wohnwahn evaluates it per inhabited 250 m cell and refreshes the evaluation monthly (as of August 2026). Outside the Linz agglomeration only major traffic sources are mapped.
Related topics
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Sources: strategic environmental noise map 2022 (laerminfo.at / BMK, CC BY) · transit travel times: own routing on the Linz AG Linien and ÖBB timetables.