In countries with a tropical climate, such as Brazil, the formation of residual soils is common, and because they are exposed to periods of drought after rainfall, they are often found unsaturated. Therefore, a stability analysis of a slope considering saturated soil would not be the most consistent in these case, and the increase in shear strength due to suction should be considered on the determination of the the safety factor. The objective of this work was to analyze the stability of a slope composed of residual granulite soil located in the district of Santo Antônio Além do Carmo, Salvador, BA. The experimental program included the collection of material in the field to perform chemical, physical and mineralogical characterization, resistance and permeability tests. The unsaturated envelope from which the relationship between magnetic flow and matric suction was determined by the hyperbolic function proposed by Vilar (2006). With the obtained parameters, infiltration and stability analyzes were performed. The results showed that the probable failure mechanism was associated to the elevation of the water level caused by the infiltration of the water from the heavy rains of November 8 and 9, as well as the wastewater thrown into the slope by the population. The anthropic action was also present through overloading the slope, caused by the weight of the houses. It can be concluded that it would be necessary the rainfall to work together with the human factors so it will happen an instabilization situation in the study site.