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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 Vienna quietest to live?
Official environmental noise map 2022 · evaluated per 250 m cell · Data as of: July 2026
Quiet is measurable. wohnwahn evaluated the official environmental noise map (road, motorway and rail) for every inhabited 250 m cell in Vienna: 52% of residential spots are below 55 dB of traffic noise by day, 50% 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 Vienna 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.
Vienna’s quietest districts
Share of inhabited residential cells below 55 dB traffic noise by day. Linked: the full district profile in the Grätzl atlas.
- 1Hernals117074%quiet residential spots
- 2Hietzing113071%quiet residential spots
- 3Döbling119068%quiet residential spots
- 4Währing118066%quiet residential spots
- 5Penzing114063%quiet residential spots
- 6Ottakring116061%quiet residential spots
- 7Donaustadt122061%quiet residential spots
- 8Neubau107057%quiet residential spots
- 9Floridsdorf121053%quiet residential spots
- 10Innere Stadt101052%quiet residential spots
Method: loudest official noise zone per inhabited 250 m cell, clipped to the real district boundary. Honest caveat: even Vienna’s loudest district (Simmering: 29% quiet spots) has calm courtyards, and quiet districts have loud main roads. The map above shows the exact spot. Prices: asking prices per m² (condos), immopreise.at / derStandard-Preisspiegel, as of Dezember 2025.
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 Stephansplatz by transit (matched per cell, not district averages).
And outside Vienna?
The share of quiet residential spots in the surrounding municipalities. One honest caveat: outside the Vienna 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.
- Hennersdorf97% quiet residential spots
- Groß-Enzersdorf90% quiet residential spots
- Klosterneuburg80% quiet residential spots
- Gerasdorf bei Wien74% quiet residential spots
- Baden71% quiet residential spots
- Stockerau62% 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.
Flats in quiet locations
Currently 4 listings on wohnwahn sit in an officially quiet spot (under 55 dB by day). Each card shows the noise band of its location.
quiet day & night · under 55 dB1080 JosefstadtStilaltbau nahe Rathaus€ 1,390/month · 3 rm · 70 m²
quiet day & night · under 55 dB1070 NeubauAltbau-Maisonette am Neubau€ 1,690/month · 3 rm · 71 m²
quiet day & night · under 55 dB1070 NeubauBeispiel: Heller Altbau, Neubaugasse€ 1,190/month · 2 rm · 54 m²
quiet day & night · under 55 dB1090 AlsergrundBeispiel: Familienwohnung Alsergrund€ 1,650/month · 4 rm · 88 m²
day 60–64 dB1030 LandstraßeNeubau mit Loggia€ 1,350/month · 2 rm · 62 m²
day 65–69 dB1060 MariahilfBeletage am Naschmarkt€ 1,480/month · 3 rm · 78 m²Frequently asked questions
Which is Vienna’s quietest district?
By share of quiet residential spots it is Hernals (1170): 74% of inhabited cells are below 55 dB of traffic noise by day, followed by Hietzing (71%) and Döbling (68%). Source: official environmental noise map, evaluated per 250 m cell.
How much of Vienna is actually quiet?
52% of inhabited residential cells are below 55 dB by day, 50% below 45 dB at night. So quiet living in Vienna 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. Neubau for example: 57% of its residential spots are quiet AND within 25 minutes of Stephansplatz 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 July 2026). Outside the Vienna agglomeration only major traffic sources are mapped.
Find a quiet flat, honestly.
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Sources: strategic environmental noise map 2022 (laerminfo.at / BMK, CC BY) · transit travel times: own routing on the Wiener Linien and ÖBB timetables · prices: immopreise.at / derStandard-Preisspiegel.