Is Encarnación safe? Paraguay travel risk
Is Encarnación safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Encarnación scores 41/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Paraguay Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 19 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Encarnación scores 41/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Paraguay (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Encarnación: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and crime and scams (50/100).
A score of 41 is higher than the scores of 53% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Paraguay travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Itapúa at 27.3472° S, 55.8739° W (elevation 99 m), Encarnación lies 288.4 km NW of Asunción. Time zone: America/Asuncion.
Itapúa
27.3472° S, 55.8739° W
99 m
America/Asuncion
69,868
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Paraguay
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (31 °C avg high); Wettest: November (195 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 29° | 31° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 179 | 150 | 142 | 140 | 141 | 145 | 125 | 118 | 147 | 158 | 195 | 174 |
Normals: Encarnación (0 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Encarnación happened in February and March (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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