Where to live in Paraguay
We track 3 cities in Paraguay: Asunción, Ciudad del Este and Pedro Juan Caballero. Each averages 23°C over the year. We estimate a couple needs €2,168 to €2,420 a month to live centrally. For citizens from outside Mercosur and its associate states, long-term residency is comparatively open.
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- Safety
- 57/100
- country-level estimate
- Healthcare
- 59/100
- country-level estimate
- Democracy
- 5.7/10
- estimated
Estimated from World Bank indicators and calibrated to the scales of our reference tables: safety from the country-level homicide rate per 100,000 people (VC.IHR.PSRC.P5, 2023) and Worldwide Governance Indicators Political Stability and Absence of Violence estimate (GOV_WGI_PV.EST, 2025), healthcare from the life expectancy at birth (SP.DYN.LE00.IN, 2024) and current health spending per person in US dollars (SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD, 2023), cost of living from the price level of GDP relative to the United States, from GDP per person in US dollars and at purchasing power parity (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD, 2025) and democracy score from the Worldwide Governance Indicators Voice and Accountability estimate (GOV_WGI_VA.EST, 2025). Source: The World Bank (World Development Indicators, Worldwide Governance Indicators), CC BY 4.0.
Limited data for Paraguay. Figures for safety, healthcare, cost of living and political stability in Paraguay are country-level estimates from World Bank indicators, each named with its year. We have no tax, English, social openness or internet speed figures for Paraguay, so the quiz scores those factors conservatively and this page leaves them out.
The 3 cities we track
| City | Size | Setting | Avg temp | Rain a year | Est. cost a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asunción | large | inland | 23°C | 1,268 mm | €2,420 |
| Ciudad del Este | mid-sized | inland | 23°C | 1,724 mm | €2,282 |
| Pedro Juan Caballero | smaller | inland | 23°C | 1,559 mm | €2,168 |
Source: City size from GeoNames, temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages), rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals), coast distance from Natural Earth. Cost is our model estimate for a couple living centrally, from the World Bank price level.
Residency and visas
Comparatively open, for people from outside Mercosur and its associate states. Paraguay grants temporary residency under Law 6984/2022 to any foreigner regardless of nationality with no income, deposit, or investment bar, convertible to permanent residency after two years; an optional SUACE investor pass offers a direct fast-track.
Citizens of Mercosur and its associate states have freedom-of-movement or simplified residency rights here.
For short visits, 68 of 198 passports can enter visa-free, 2 can get an e-visa or visa on arrival and 128 need a visa in advance.
Source: OurNextCity residency dataset, hand-reviewed approximations researched against published immigration rules. Not legal advice: check the official source before you apply. Short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset (ilyankou, MIT).