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Paraguay international travel guide in 2024

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Paraguay 🇵🇾

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Paraguay is part of South America with main city at Asuncion. It's usually 🌤️ 23.09 °C in Paraguay with a rainfall of 🌧 106.25 mm. Internet speed in Paraguay is on average 1.6 Mbps. Its Developing country with a population of 7M people. The main currency is Guarani. The languages spoken are Spanish and Guaraní. Automatic teller machines are common in Paraguay. Current travel safety advice is Exercise a high degree of caution. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.
👍 Developing   🌤️ ~23.09 °C   🌧 ~106.25 mm  👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 7M people

Paraguay Travel Advice

🛡️ Travel safety

Exercise a high degree of caution
We've reviewed our advice for Paraguay. We haven't changed the level of our advice, exercise a high degree of caution. See 'Safety'. We advise: Exercise a high degree of caution in Paraguay due to the high level of crime.
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Paraguay Weather

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Paraguay Essential travel details

🔌 Plugs

Paraguay uses 220V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type C.

🌐 Languages

The languages that are typically spoken are Spanish and Guaraní

Money in Paraguay

💱 Currencies Used

Paraguay uses the Paraguayan guaraní (symbol: ?), code PYG.Banknotes come in denominations of 100000, 50000, 20000, 10000, 5000 and 2000 guaranis. Guarani is subdivided into 100 céntimos. Coins come in denominations of 1000, 500, 100 and 50 guaranis.

🏧 ATMs

Automatic teller machines are common in Paraguay. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.

Calling in Paraguay

📡 Internet

Internet speed in Paraguay is on average 1.6 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Paraguay is low. It is not as easy to find one.

📱 Phones

You can buy a SIM card for about 95,948.16 PYG, which includes 2 GB of data plan. You can choose from 4 telecoms: Claro, Personal, Tigo or VOX. Paraguay uses GSM mobile networks GSM 850 and GSM 1900. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Paraguay upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.

📞 Calling

To call Paraguay, dial +, then 595 (the country code for Paraguay), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within Paraguay, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 21 .

Driving in Paraguay

🆘 Emergency

Universal
112
Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire department
112

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Paraguay travel details

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