Is Pedro Juan Caballero safe? Paraguay travel risk
Is Pedro Juan Caballero safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Pedro Juan Caballero scores 42/100 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.
Pedro Juan Caballero scores 42/100 (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 Pedro Juan Caballero: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and crime and scams (50/100).
A score of 42 is higher than the scores of 54% 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 Amambay at 22.5446° S, 55.7600° W (elevation 649 m), Pedro Juan Caballero lies 360.7 km SSW of Asunción. Time zone: America/Asuncion.
Amambay
22.5446° S, 55.7600° W
649 m
America/Asuncion
115,583
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Paraguay
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 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Pedro Juan Caballero happened in September (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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