Paraguay
Asunción in May
🌦️ Shoulder (showers)Pleasant and often rainy.
🎒 Pack: compact umbrella or rain jacket
Why May scores 9.0What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort8.9
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (25°C highs / 16°C lows)
- ✓Slightly humid (dew point 15.4°C)
- !Wet: ~134 mm rain, ~4 heavy-rain days
- Air quality9.7
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~7 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline6.5
- ·Increased caution
| May | Aug | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.0 Excellent | 9.5 Excellent |
| Season | 🌦️ Shoulder (showers) | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 25° / 16° | 26° / 15° |
| Rain | 134 mm | 39 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 15° | dew pt 13° |
| PM2.5 | 7 µg/m³ | 11 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Asunción weather-station normals. Rainfall: Asunción weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsMay 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- National 14–16 May · 3 days off in a row
Other public holidays: Workers' Day (1 May)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore AsunciónEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyParaguay's capital on the Paraguay River, with historic government buildings, a riverside promenade and a relaxed pace.
Independence DaysEvery year14–15 May every year
Celebrate independence from Spain in 1811 with parades.
Why go: Two consecutive public holidays with parades and patriotic events.
Where: Citywide
Coming up later
San Juan festivitiesDate variesAround 24 June
Midwinter festivities with traditional games, fire-walking and corn-based foods.
Why go: Look for the local food stalls.
Where: Neighbourhoods and schools
Festividad de la Virgen de CaacupéEvery year8 December every year
Paraguay's largest Catholic pilgrimage, with many walking from Asunción to the basilica.
Why go: Roads to Caacupé are very busy.
Where: Caacupé, about 50 km from Asunción
Palacio de los López
The 19th-century presidential palace on the river, lit up at night.
Panteón Nacional de los Héroes
A domed mausoleum for Paraguay's national heroes.
Casa de la Independencia
A colonial house where independence was planned in 1811.
Costanera
A riverside promenade popular for walking and sunset.
Loma San Jerónimo
A colourful hillside neighbourhood with painted stairs.
Mercado 4
A large, busy market with food, goods and local produce.
Chipa
Cheese bread rolls made with cassava starch.
💡 Street sellers and bakeries
Sopa paraguaya
A savoury cornbread with cheese and onion.
Mbejú
A cassava starch and cheese flatbread.
Tereré
Yerba mate served with iced water and herbs.
Vori vori
A chicken soup with cornmeal and cheese balls.
Ñandutí lace
Fine, colourful lace from Itauguá, near Asunción.
💡 Craft shops and Itauguá
Ao po'i
Embroidered fine cotton clothing.
💡 Craft shops
Guampa and bombilla
Cup and metal straw for drinking tereré.
💡 Markets