Asunción vs Florianópolis

According to the IBGE estimate, Florianópolis has 598 thousand residents in 2026, almost 11 thousand more in a year. The 2022 census counted 537 thousand.

OfficialIBGE: Florianópolis population estimate, 2024-2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026

A 2–3 bedroom apartment in Villa Morra, Carmelitas or Recoleta is PYG 4.5–6 million a month, that is $770–1,020. Utilities on top.

SpecialistClasipar: apartments, houses and plots in Asunción, Lambaré and Fernando de la Mora · checked 28 Sep 2026

Lambaré and Fernando de la Mora are half the price of the city: a two-room apartment is PYG 2.5–4.5 million, that is $425–770. The price for this is the rush-hour drive.

SpecialistClasipar: apartments, houses and plots in Asunción, Lambaré and Fernando de la Mora · checked 28 Sep 2026

A house in Asunción is most often $195–420k, with the middle around $300k. In guaraní, in cheaper areas the same houses go for PYG 400–900 million, that is $68–153k.

SpecialistClasipar: apartments, houses and plots in Asunción, Lambaré and Fernando de la Mora · checked 28 Sep 2026

By listings, a two-room apartment in Centro is about 4,500 reais a month, in Lagoa 4,500, in Itacorubi 5,700, in Campeche 6,600. The building fee (condomínio) and tax are on top.

SpecialistQuintoAndar: apartments for rent with two or more bedrooms, Centro · checked 29 Sep 2026

61.19 reais per m² a month in August 2026, fifth place among 22 capitals. Most expensive are Agronômica and Centro, cheaper are Ingleses and Capoeiras.

SpecialistFipeZAP Index: residential rent, August 2026 report, Florianópolis page · checked 29 Sep 2026

An apartment averages 13,531 reais per m² (August 2026), a two-room apartment 12,993. That is more than São Paulo; prices rose 8.2% over the year.

SpecialistFipeZAP Index: historical series of sale and rent prices by city, Florianópolis sheet · checked 29 Sep 2026

A house in Campeche by listings is 1.5–3.4 million reais (nine out of ten), one for 6.4 million. In total the results include 341 listings with three or more bedrooms.

SpecialistQuintoAndar: homes for sale with three or more bedrooms, Campeche · checked 29 Sep 2026

The minimum food basket in the city is PYG 412,618 per person a month, for a family of four about 1.65 million, that is about $280.

SpecialistABC Color: INE data on monetary poverty for 2025, cost of baskets · checked 28 Sep 2026

The poverty line is PYG 933,108 per person, for a family of four 3.73 million without housing. With rent in a decent area, from 8–10 million.

SpecialistABC Color: INE data on monetary poverty for 2025, cost of baskets · checked 28 Sep 2026

DIEESE's basic basket in August 2026 is 850.90 reais per adult. For a family of two adults and two children, about 2,550 a month.

SpecialistDIEESE: national basic food basket survey, August 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026

DIEESE calculates that a family of four needed 7,566 reais a month in August 2026. The figure is one for the whole country and already includes housing; it does not reflect Florianópolis rents.

SpecialistDIEESE: nominal and necessary minimum wage by month · checked 29 Sep 2026

Monthly fees at the well-known schools average PYG 3 million, above the minimum wage. For specific schools, from 2.19 to 4.26 million.

SpecialistEl Nacional: monthly fees at private schools in Asunción for the 2026 school year · checked 28 Sep 2026

In 2025, 150 schools with primary and secondary grades; more than half of the schools with younger grades are private. 37.5% of schoolchildren attend private schools.

OfficialIBGE Cidades based on INEP school census data: schools, students and teachers in Florianópolis, 2025 · checked 29 Sep 2026

Three well-known schools in the city (Energia, Catarinense, Bom Jesus): 1,544–3,033 reais a month according to Procon for 2023. Today it is more.

OfficialProcon Santa Catarina: survey of monthly school fees, 2023 (Florianópolis, São José, Palhoça, Biguaçu) · checked 30 Sep 2026

Asunción has private sanatoriums with paediatric cardiology, paediatric haematology, intensive care and their own diagnostics. Nationally beds are few: 1.04 per thousand people.

SpecialistSanatorio Migone Battilana: list of specialties · checked 28 Sep 2026

Public: the Carmela Dutra maternity hospital in Centro and the university hospital in Trindade with a neonatal intensive care unit. A private option is Ilha Hospital in Pantanal.

OfficialBrazil's Ministry of Health, open data "Hospitals and Beds": entry for Maternidade Carmela Dutra · checked 29 Sep 2026

A bus fare is PYG 2,300, with air conditioning 3,400 - about 40 and 58 cents. It is cheap because of the subsidy, but the quality is such that almost everyone in Asunción gets a car.

SpecialistABC Color: public transport fares in Greater Asunción and the size of the subsidy · checked 28 Sep 2026

A trip paid in cash or by QR is 7.70 reais, with a resident card 6.20, with a tourist card 7.20. The express bus is 20 reais.

SpecialistConsórcio Fênix, city bus operator: fares and FAQ · checked 29 Sep 2026

The average July temperature is 18.3 degrees, with an average daytime high of 24.2. There is no winter in the usual sense, but the station’s absolute minimum went down to minus 1.2.

OfficialDINAC: climatological table of Silvio Pettirossi airport, 2011-2023 data · checked 28 Sep 2026

The average January maximum is 33.8 degrees, December and February about 33. The station’s absolute maximum is 43 degrees, and it fell in October, not at the height of summer.

OfficialDINAC: climatological table of Silvio Pettirossi airport, 2011-2023 data · checked 28 Sep 2026

About 1,433 mm a year: a wet summer and a dry winter. The wettest month is November (203 mm), the driest August (25 mm), and 222 mm has fallen in a day.

OfficialDINAC: climatological table of Silvio Pettirossi airport, 2011-2023 data · checked 28 Sep 2026

July is the coolest month: on average from 13.3°C at night to 20.4°C by day. No frost, but not beach weather either, and it rains 9 days a month.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals for Florianópolis · checked 29 Sep 2026

February is the warmest month: on average from 21.8°C at night to 28.4°C by day. It is also the rainiest month, almost 200 mm.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals for Florianópolis · checked 29 Sep 2026

About 1,540 mm a year and 144 days with rain. It pours most in summer, from January to March, and is driest in June.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals for Florianópolis · checked 29 Sep 2026

Nationally in 2025 there were 6.1 homicides per 100k people - the third-best figure in Latin America. No separate statistics by district of Asunción could be found.

SpecialistLa Nación: Paraguay among the three countries in the region with the lowest homicide rate in 2025 · checked 28 Sep 2026

25 homicides in 2025 against 31 in 2024. For 587 thousand residents that is about 4 per 100 thousand.

OfficialSSP-SC: monthly indicators bulletin, December 2025, homicides by municipality · checked 29 Sep 2026

Fibre to the home: Personal Hogar plans start from 400 Mbit/s for PYG 150k a month, about $26. For remote work the conditions are good.

SpecialistPersonal Hogar: home fiber rates · checked 28 Sep 2026

Fiber of 350–1000 Mbps costs about 80–120 reais a month: Claro 600 Mbps, 99.90; Vivo 700, 100.00. The average measured speed in the city is 202 Mbps.

SpecialistMinha Conexão: internet in Florianópolis, provider ranking and cheapest plans · checked 1 Oct 2026

Since December 2024 the ANDE tariff depends on the hour: at peak, 12 to 16 and 18 to 22, a kilowatt-hour costs PYG 669 instead of the previous 404; off-peak, 264.

SpecialistABC Color: new ANDE tariff scheme, peak-hour rates 65% higher · checked 28 Sep 2026

ESSAP water: a fixed charge of PYG 8,236 and 1,767 per m³ up to 15 m³. A bill for 15 m³ is about 35k ($6), and sewerage adds the same again. The tariff dates from 2018.

SpecialistDiario HOY: ESSAP tariff rises from September, table of old and new prices by category · checked 29 Sep 2026

Cooking is done on cylinder gas: a 10 kg cylinder costs PYG 110–125k ($19–21). About half of homes cook on gas, a third on electricity.

SpecialistLa Nación: gas price to rise by an average of 500 guaraníes per kg, the 10 kg cylinder to go up to 110,000 · checked 29 Sep 2026

Water is supplied by CASAN. On 2–3 September 2026, because of a burst water main, 28 districts, including Centro and Trindade, were left without normal supply.

OfficialARESC, state regulator: notice of a water main break in Florianópolis, 3 September 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026

CASAN water: 29.49 reais a month fixed plus 1.96 / 9.11 / 12.18 / 15.32 per m³ by band. At 15 m³ water is 94.64, with sewage 189.28 reais.

OfficialARESC: CASAN water and sewerage bill calculation file (residential tariff) · checked 30 Sep 2026

CELESC from 22 August 2026: 0.760 reais per kWh before taxes. For 300 kWh this is 227.93 reais before taxes, about 299 with taxes by the calculator site's estimate.

SpecialistEnergy calculator: CELESC tariff for a home from 22 August 2026 (based on ANEEL data) · checked 30 Sep 2026

The SCGás network in the center is only being built (since 16 July 2026); tariff 7.14 reais per m³. A 13 kg cylinder averages 127 reais according to ANP (6 points).

OfficialSCGás: residential gas tariff from 1 July 2026, single tier · checked 30 Sep 2026