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. 2022 Sep 16;8(9):e10653. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10653

Table 3.

Summary statistics of noise pollution level between weekdays and weekends during the morning, around noon, and in the evening at different land-use types in Kigali, Rwanda.

Site Type Site Time Weekday (dB (A))
Weekend (dB (A))
Min Mean Max Min Mean Max
Reference site Car-free zone 07h00–10h00 34.4 44.5 83.1 35.4 49.6 88.3
11h00–14h00 37.1 47.0 65.7 43.3 51.0 82.8
15h00–18h00 36.5 50.4 79.0 44.6 51.0 69.7
Commercial site Biryogo 07h00–10h00 55.7 74.2 90.3 0.0 61.6 78.5
11h00–14h00 49.2 62.3 83.2 52.7 67.0 89.6
15h00–18h00 47.2 65.0 92.6 36.5 63.2 84.3
Nyamirambo 07h00–10h00 61.4 70.4 88.9 36.7 58.3 77.4
11h00–14h00 61.4 76.6 97.1 39.1 67.6 79.7
15h00–18h00 57.3 68.3 91.9 36.4 59.2 87.2
Nyarugenge 07h00–10h00 57.3 71.6 84.4 36.1 61.8 84.7
11h00–14h00 61.9 72.7 87.0 38.5 62.8 83.2
15h00–18h00 58.7 67.8 93.1 45.7 64.4 91.3
Passenger parks Kimironko 07h00–10h00 60.9 71.1 84.2 63.1 73.6 92.8
11h00–14h00 63.2 75.9 97.1 45.0 66.7 85.9
15h00–18h00 64.9 77.0 98.8 61.8 76.1 99.4
Nyabugogo 07h00–10h00 57.6 72.0 88.4 36.1 69.0 89.1
11h00–14h00 62.5 78.6 98.4 37.6 70.2 98.7
15h00–18h00 62.4 85.8 105.0 63.1 80.4 111.2
Downtown 07h00–10h00 34.4 44.5 83.1 na na na
11h00–14h00 57.6 64.0 86.3 na na na
15h00–18h00 61.4 69.9 89.7 na na na
Road junctions Remera 07h00–10h00 62.5 72.5 90.7 61.7 73.8 97.2
11h00–14h00 64.0 73.6 89.5 45.9 62.7 79.6
15h00–18h00 58.1 69.4 93.2 na na na
Rubangura 07h00–10h00 51.7 57.6 79.5 36.3 61.1 89.4
11h00–14h00 64.3 74.8 93.8 37.5 59.3 83.9
15h00–18h00 54.3 63.8 85.5 44.6 58.2 78.2

n/a: not data available.