Asunción
Capital of Paraguay: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Asunción Paraguay: AnonymousUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Asunción is the capital of Paraguay, in Asuncion. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Paraguay in our atlas.
It lies at 25.29° S, 57.65° W, about 113 m (371 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Asuncion time zone.
Location
Red dot: Asunción. Green dots: other major cities of Paraguay. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Asunción has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 11°C (51°F). Around 1,472 mm (58 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ParaguayNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3439389 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2933 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Asunción Paraguay: AnonymousUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Defensores del Chaco en 2019: Hazaña17, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- S3010099: Casalin c, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Casa de la Independencia museum, Asunción: Fernando Boccia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wilson Tower Asunción Py: FF MM, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ícono Paraguay: FF MM, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo Memoria de la Ciudad Paraguay: Casalin c, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Municipal Ignacio A. Pane: Patty P, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
