Is Itauguá safe? Paraguay travel risk
Is Itauguá safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Itauguá scores 43/100 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.
Itauguá scores 43/100 (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 Itauguá: 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 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Paraguay travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 25.3926° S, 57.3542° W in Central, Itauguá features an altitude of 140 m. The settlement is located 31.1 km WNW from Asunción.
Central
25.3926° S, 57.3542° W
140 m
America/Asuncion
100,456
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Paraguay)
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (32 °C avg high); Wettest: November (181 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 32° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 24° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 31° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 170 | 139 | 133 | 129 | 136 | 95 | 78 | 91 | 114 | 152 | 181 | 164 |
Normals: Asunción (31.1 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 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Itauguá happened in March (6 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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