Porto Alegre - ClearSpot score: 100%

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About this place: Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre (UK: , US: , Brazilian Portuguese: , locally ; lit. 'Joyful Harbor') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the 11th-most populous city in the country and the centre of Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4.1 million inhabitants (2022). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state. Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo to hide his identity; the official date, though, is 1772 with the act signed by immigrants from the Azores, Portugal. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Guaíba Lake, where five rivers converge to form the Lagoa dos Patos, a giant freshwater lagoon navigable by even the largest of ships. This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port and a chief industrial and commercial centre of Brazil. In recent years, Porto Alegre hosted the World Social Forum, an initiative of several nongovernment organizations. The city became famous for being the first city that implemented participatory budgeting. The 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches was held in Porto Alegre in 2006. Since 2000, Porto Alegre also hosts one of the world's largest free software events, called FISL. The city was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, having previously been a venue for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Porto Alegre is a very unequal city, presenting well-structured zones with high socioeconomic indicators, but also others that are extremely precarious and with vulnerable and underserved populations, especially in the peripheries. The low-income population in general, as well as women, Black people, Indigenous people, and minorities, have historically been and continue to be discriminated against, have disproportionate political representation, fewer opportunities, less access to consumer goods, services, and the advantages of full citizenship. The city faces many other challenges, including serious environmental problems, high crime rates, a decline in the quality of public school education, a chronic crisis in the health system, progressive erosion of democratic governance structures, and in 2024 it was the sixth most expensive city in Brazil and among the 163 most expensive in the world.

Fonte: Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Key facts: Porto Alegre

  • ClearSpot score: 100% (all clear)
  • País: Brazil
  • Population: 1,488,252
  • Main environmental signal: mixed signals
  • Wind turbines nearby: None documented within default radius
  • Data last updated:

ClearSpot pontuação

100%

Environmental indicators for Porto Alegre suggest a low-pressure profile at default sensitivity settings - a useful baseline for anyone considering spending time here.

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Environmental indicators

Módulo Pontuação What this means
Turbinas eólicas 0% Wind turbine data shows no documented installations within the default 1.5 km sensitivity radius for this location.
Pólen 0% Pollen data shows no documented allergenic species exceeding default alert thresholds in this reference period.
Qualidade do ar 0% Air quality data shows no documented exceedance of default sensitivity thresholds at this pin.
Barulho 0% Noise mapping shows no significant pressure from motorways, railways, or airports within the default sensitivity radius.
Poluição luminosa 0% Night-sky radiance registers no documented pressure - this area scores within the darker end of ClearSpot's light pollution range.

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FAQ - Porto Alegre

Is this place healthy to live?

Based on ClearSpot's environmental model, Porto Alegre achieves 100%. No significant environmental pressure detected. Higher scores indicate less documented environmental pressure at default thresholds - the live map lets you fine-tune this assessment to your own sensitivities.

What is air quality like here?

ClearSpot air quality data for Porto Alegre: burden score 0%. No documented exceedance of WHO 2021 guidelines was detected in the reference period. Data is sourced from official open monitoring networks and refreshed monthly.

Are there wind turbines nearby?

Documents no wind turbines near Porto Alegre according to ClearSpot's database. Pressure score: 0% at default settings. Note that data coverage varies by country - see the wind data guide for source reliability in Brazil.

How noisy is it?

ClearSpot noise data for Porto Alegre: 0% burden. No major strategic noise sources are mapped within the default sensitivity radius. Noise scores are updated annually for the strategic layer and monthly for the modelled road-noise layer.

Porto Alegre - Brazil

In the Brazil ClearSpot rankings, Porto Alegre achieves position 1 of 5732 scored locations. It currently leads the national ranking.

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