Is Presidente Franco safe? Paraguay travel risk
Is Presidente Franco safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Presidente Franco 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. GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Presidente Franco 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 Presidente Franco: 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 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.
Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Alto Paraná at 25.5638° S, 54.6110° W (elevation 206 m), Presidente Franco lies 306.0 km W of Asunción. Time zone: America/Asuncion.
Alto Paraná
25.5638° S, 54.6110° W
206 m
America/Asuncion
104,677
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Paraguay
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (31 °C avg high); Wettest: January (186 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 31° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 186 | 146 | 139 | 125 | 177 | 137 | 123 | 112 | 138 | 165 | 180 | 166 |
Normals: Puerto Iguazú (6 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 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Presidente Franco happened in October (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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