Asunción weather by month
The best time to visit Asunción is June to August — 91/100 in July, 25°C and 6 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, June to September (86/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 57/100 — sweltering, rainy, clean air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Best season: June to September (86/100 on average) · worst January (57/100)
- Days
- 25°C
- Nights
- 13°C
- Wet days
- 6
- Sun
- 8.3 h
- Humidity
- 71%
- Daylight
- 11 h

Asunción, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Asunción is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Asunción through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- March
- Semana Santa30 Mar – 5 AprHoliday
- May
- Independence days14–15 MayHoliday
- June
- San Juan Ára15–30 Jun (usually)Festival
- July
- Expo Paraguay11–26 JulFestival
- Lapacho trees in flower15 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)Nature
- August
- Founding of Asunción5–15 AugFestival
- December
- Caacupé pilgrimage4–8 DecHoliday
- Summer heat1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)Hazard
Crowds in Asunción in July
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusyExpo Paraguay, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Asunción
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Money
A traveler who visited every country including Paraguay flags a currency detail that catches people out at the border: immigration officials in Paraguay can refuse US dollar bills that are wrinkled, torn, stamped, or have any ink marks, so it's worth requesting completely crisp, new notes from your bank before the trip if you're planning to exchange cash on arrival. He also notes that English is genuinely rare in Asuncion outside a few hotels, so basic Spanish (or patient hand gestures) goes a long way in restaurants and markets.
Traveller notes on Asunción
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters consistently name December and January as Asunción's two hottest months, with temperatures in the low 30sC typical and the stretch from Christmas through New Year's singled out as the worst week, sometimes topping 106F (roughly 41C) with high humidity. Posters describe January through March as genuinely rainy on top of that heat, with real potential for flooding that posters warn could disrupt bus travel routes. Posters consistently recommend avoiding December and January if possible, naming March as a noticeably better alternative once the heat eases, even though some rain remains likely then too. Posters generally rate January as the toughest month of the year to visit Asunción, combining peak heat, high humidity and genuine flood risk.
Forum posters describe June through August as genuinely colder than the rest of the year in Paraguay, with some posters specifically recommending avoiding this stretch in favor of March, along with warning that both this cooler winter window and the hot December-January peak have their own drawbacks. Posters report a real range of experiences, though - one visitor spending two weeks in June found it lovely, dry and sunny, while another completed a June-July Asuncion stay without any weather-related issues at all. Posters generally frame March as the ideal shoulder-season pick, but describe a July visit as entirely workable too, provided visitors accept cooler days and pack for the possibility of some rain and colder nights.
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