Region

Asunción and surroundings

Sleep in Asunción; do Areguá and Itauguá as half-day outings and move on to Encarnación or Ciudad del Este by bus or flight.

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Key facts · Paraguay

Best months: Apr–Sep
Visa: Depends on your passport
Currency: Guaraní (PYG, ₲)
Language: Spanish and Guaraní
Plugs: C · F · 220 V
Time zone: UTC−3 all year since 2024 — check

Month by month here

Rules in force · 6Above 2,500 m (Bogotá, Quito, Cusco, La Paz) keep the fir…

South America ↗Above 2,500 m (Bogotá, Quito, Cusco, La Paz) keep the first day light; sleep lower where you can (Sacred Valley before Cusco) and descend if headache comes with vomiting or confusion.
South America ↗A yellow fever certificate is required on arrival in French Guiana, and asked for on some routes into Bolivia, Paraguay, Suriname and Guyana, or when arriving from Amazon areas — vaccinate at least 10 days before travel and carry the card.
South America ↗Overnight buses are the norm in Argentina, Chile and Peru, but pick top-tier companies and keep valuables on your body; on-board thefts from overhead racks are the common loss.
Paraguay ↗Check entry rules for your passport with Paraguay's migration authority or a Paraguayan consulate; get your passport stamped at land borders, as some crossings let you pass without it.
Paraguay ↗The Chaco is remote with few services; travel with a guide or experienced operator and carry water and fuel.
Paraguay ↗Paraguay can require a yellow fever certificate from travellers arriving from risk countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia — check the current list and vaccinate at least 10 days before you travel.

The capital region is one base and a few short outings. The historic centre takes a morning or two; the lake and lace towns are half days by car or bus.

Where to sleep

3 places in this region

Sleep base

AsunciónTrip line
Historic centre for first-timers, Villa Morra for a modern base.
Best Apr–Sep
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Day trip

AreguáCity guide
Lakeside pottery town; about 45 minutes.
Best Jul–Oct
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ItauguáGuide: planned
Lace weaving town; about 40 minutes.
Page planned: listed so the region plan is complete.

Plan the nights

How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags

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Night sequences

2 nights: Asunción 2
3 nights: Asunción 3 with Areguá and Itauguá

Asunción, Areguá and Encarnación in two days is mostly bus seats.

Day-trips door to door

To	From	Door-to-door p50	Last return	Note
Areguá	Asunción	45 min	unknown	Go on a weekday morning.

Bags between cities

No luggage forwarding culture: leave the big bag at the Asunción hotel for trips out of town.

When to go

Months and weather

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Seasons at a glance

From each city's month table

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Only good-now countries

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Country	JJan	FFeb	MMar	AApr	MMay	JJun	JJul	AAug	SSep	OOct	NNov	DDec
Asunción	×	×	ok	go	go	go	go	go	go	ok	ok	×
Areguá	×	×	ok	ok	ok	ok	go	go	go	go	ok	×
Paraguay (country-wide)	ok	ok	ok	go	go	ok	ok	go	go	ok	ok	ok

Go: the good monthsFair: workable, mixedPoor: heat, rain or hazeAvoid: storms, floods, closuresno data yet

Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.

Eat and move on

Regional food and where to go next

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Go next

Other regions of the country

Southeast (Encarnación and the missions)

planned

2–3 nights

Jesuit mission ruins of Trinidad and Jesús; river beaches

Ciudad del Este

planned

1–2 nights

Border city by the Iguazú Falls and the Itaipú dam

The Chaco

planned

2–4 nights

Mennonite colonies (Filadelfia, Loma Plata) and dry-forest wildlife; guided trips only

Asunción and surroundings: what we know, and what is coming

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On this page

3 places with their role: where to sleep, what to do as a day trip
How to split 2 or 3 nights
1 day trip with door-to-door time
Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables
What to do with the big bag between beds

Coming as the guide grows

Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
Get in: airports and stations with door-to-door times
Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
Regional food: what, where and when it works
A page for Itauguá — Lace weaving town; about 40 minutes.

Meanwhile

Planning aids

Built from this guide's own data

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Region in numbers

Where to sleep: 1 base
Day trips: 1, 45 min
Nights suggested: 2–3 nights

Trips that stop here

From the Paraguay guide

Capital, missions and Itaipú
7 days · 3 nights here
Asunción → Encarnación → Ciudad del Este
Paraguay with the Chaco
10 days · 3 nights here
Asunción → Filadelfia and the Chaco → Asunción → Encarnación → Ciudad del Este
Three borders
14 days · 5 nights here
Asunción → Encarnación → Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) → Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) → Ciudad del Este → Asunción

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Local time

What time it is there now, compared with the clock on your device.

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