Montevideo vs Encarnación

From 16k pesos in Casavalle to 34k in Carrasco: between the cheapest and the most expensive neighbourhood it is a little over two times.

OfficialINE: average rent by neighborhood in Montevideo, active contracts · checked 28 Sep 2026

The average existing contract in Montevideo is 23,472 pesos a month. Pocitos 28,018, Punta Carretas 28,959, Centro 23,124 (July 2026).

OfficialINE: rental market indicators, July 2026 · checked 28 Sep 2026

A two-bedroom in Pocitos is about 39k pesos a month, in Punta Carretas 50k, in Centro 29.9k. A three-bedroom house in Carrasco is 2,300–5,500 dollars.

SpecialistGallito: two-bedroom apartments for rent in Pocitos · checked 28 Sep 2026

The median of registered transactions in Montevideo is 118k dollars (June 2026), nationwide 85k.

OfficialINE: housing sales market indicators, June-July 2026 · checked 28 Sep 2026

By the listings, about 298k dollars for 72 m² in Pocitos, range 120–680k. These are asking prices, not transactions.

SpecialistGallito: two-bedroom apartments for sale in Pocitos · checked 28 Sep 2026

A two-room apartment in the Centro area, three blocks from the Costanera, is PYG 1.5 million; by the river in Ribera Bolik it is 2.2 million. New buildings on the waterfront start at 4 million.

SpecialistInfoCasas: two-bedroom 3 blocks from the Costanera, 1,500,000 guaraníes per month · checked 30 Sep 2026

A new 3-bedroom house in Cambyretá is $85k, in San Pedro $89k, and right by the waterfront in San Isidro $160k. In the expensive part of Cambyretá, up to $264k.

SpecialistInfoCasas: new 105 m² house with a pool in Cambyretá, $84,900 · checked 30 Sep 2026

A 384–440 m² plot on the outskirts (Ita Paso, La Esperanza) is PYG 115–180 million; in Quiteria on paved road, 330 million. In the centre, 500 m² is $110k.

SpecialistViaParaguay: 384 m² plot in Ita Paso, 200 m from Ruta 1, 115,000,000 guaraníes · checked 30 Sep 2026

A family of three renting housing in Montevideo is considered poor at an income below 54,233 pesos a month. For two the threshold is 39,169.

OfficialINE: income poverty estimate, first half of 2025, with poverty lines · checked 28 Sep 2026

The INE minimum food basket for Montevideo is 6,309 pesos per person a month, for a family of four about 25,200. Values for January 2025.

OfficialINE: income poverty estimate, first half of 2025, with poverty lines · checked 28 Sep 2026

The price gap with Posadas is shrinking: the guaraní has strengthened from 7,800 to 5,900 per dollar, and merchants call sales sluggish. The advantage remains for some goods.

SpecialistFM 89.3: in Encarnación Argentines spend less, according to the head of the chamber of commerce · checked 30 Sep 2026

The minimum food basket in the country’s cities is PYG 412,618 per person, about 1.65 million for a family of four, roughly $280. There is no figure for the city itself.

SpecialistABC Color: INE data on monetary poverty for 2025, cost of baskets · checked 30 Sep 2026

The INE poverty line is PYG 933,108 per person, for a family of four 3.73 million a month without rent. With a two-room apartment in Centro (1.5–2.2 million) it comes to 5.2–5.9 million.

SpecialistABC Color: INE data on monetary poverty for 2025, cost of baskets · checked 30 Sep 2026

Enrolment in a state kindergarten from age three and in school goes through the Guri Familia portal. The country of origin and the family's status do not matter.

OfficialMinistry of Education and Culture: guide to enrolling migrants, primary education · checked 28 Sep 2026

There are private schools in the city (Bautista, Divina Esperanza, Riogrande), but no prices for them. Nationally the typical level is PYG 0.9–1.5 million a month. Few are bilingual.

SpecialistRDN: private education in Paraguay, segments by size of monthly fee · checked 30 Sep 2026

The regulator's benchmark for a personal contribution to a mutualista (a private health fund) is 6,858 pesos a month per person. The cap on a co-payment for a visit, test or medicine is 880 pesos.

OfficialUruguay's Ministry of Public Health: healthcare price adjustment, July 2026 · checked 28 Sep 2026

Since July 2025 specialised care in Itapúa has moved to the new Hospital General de Itapúa, and there is also the private Sanatorio Itapúa. The most complex cases go to Asunción.

SpecialistABC Color: Hospital Regional de Encarnación reduces intake after the opening of Hospital General de Itapúa · checked 30 Sep 2026

One hour of travel with an STM card costs 52 pesos, two hours 78. Cash is more expensive: 64 and 97. The first card is free.

OfficialMontevideo city hall: urban public transport fares · checked 28 Sep 2026

On Ruta 101, kilometre 19.95. There are 18 direct destinations, only Madrid in Europe and only Miami in the US.

SpecialistCarrasco airport: direct destinations · checked 28 Sep 2026

The bus to Asunción takes 4–7.5 hours, a ticket is PYG 120–150k ($20–25), about 16 departures a day. Night departures take about 5 hours.

SpecialistCheckMyBus: Encarnación - Asunción buses, travel time and number of departures · checked 30 Sep 2026

There are no scheduled flights from Encarnación. The nearest working airport is in Posadas across the bridge; from 1 November 2026 JetSMART flies from there to Buenos Aires from $66.

SpecialistAviacionline: with no flights in Encarnación, JetSMART urges Itapúa residents to fly from Posadas · checked 30 Sep 2026

The bridge is open around the clock. On weekdays the queue is 30–60 minutes, at weekends 2 hours or more. The train takes 8 minutes, a ticket is PYG 18,000, the bus 17,000.

SpecialistMisiones Online: how long the crossing from Posadas to Encarnación takes, joint border control · checked 30 Sep 2026

July is the coldest month: average minimum 7.2 degrees, average maximum 15.0. June and August are almost the same.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals of Montevideo · checked 28 Sep 2026

About 1,100 mm a year, and surprisingly evenly distributed: in any month from 83 to 109 mm and 8–10 rain days.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals of Montevideo · checked 28 Sep 2026

July is the coldest: on average 16.2 degrees, about 22 by day and about 10 at night. Frosts are rare, but the station record is minus 6 degrees (June 1945).

SpecialistClimas y Viajes: climate of Encarnación, monthly averages 1991-2020 · checked 30 Sep 2026

January: on average 27 degrees, about 33 by day and about 21 at night. Heat waves above 35 occur from September to March; the station record is 42 degrees (December 2008).

SpecialistClimas y Viajes: climate of Encarnación, monthly averages 1991-2020 · checked 30 Sep 2026

About 1,760 mm a year, no dry season: the driest month, July, has 105 mm, the wettest, October, 180 mm. The daily record is 268 mm (December 1997).

SpecialistClimas y Viajes: climate of Encarnación, monthly averages 1991-2020 · checked 30 Sep 2026

In 2025 Montevideo had 210 homicides out of 369 nationwide, that is 57%. Nationwide it is 10.3 per 100 thousand residents.

OfficialUruguay's Ministry of the Interior: preliminary crime statistics for 2025 · checked 28 Sep 2026

Robbery reports (rapiña) in 2025: Pocitos 125, Carrasco 59, Cordón 290, Casavalle 481, Unión 564. These are the number of cases, not adjusted for population.

OfficialUruguay's Ministry of the Interior, open data: crime reports by Montevideo neighborhood (microdata through 2025) · checked 29 Sep 2026

Reports of theft without violence in 2025: Cordón 2,697, Pocitos 2,062, Carrasco 517. This includes thefts from cars and shops, not only from passers-by.

OfficialUruguay's Ministry of the Interior, open data: crime reports by Montevideo neighborhood (microdata through 2025) · checked 29 Sep 2026

Itapúa is fourth in the country for homicides: 46 intentional ones in January–August 2026. The outlet names Cambyretá as a risk zone. There is no data by city district.

SpecialistABC Color: stronger security in Itapúa ahead of the Mundial de Rally, Ministerio Público statistics · checked 30 Sep 2026

State-owned Antel offers up to 1000/300 Mbit/s over fibre, and the basic home plan is 400/30.

OfficialAntel: data transmission price list, 2026 · checked 28 Sep 2026

From 1,650 pesos for 400 Mbit/s to 4,342 for a gigabit. Taxes included, two-year contract.

OfficialAntel: data transmission price list, 2026 · checked 28 Sep 2026

Home fibre: Claro 100 Mbit/s symmetric for PYG 95k, Personal 400 Mbit/s for 150k ($16–25). Coverage is built block by block.

SpecialistClaro Paraguay: 100 Mbit/s symmetric internet, 95,000 guaraníes · checked 30 Sep 2026

From January 2026: 6.744 pesos per kWh up to 100 kWh, 8.452 from 101 to 600, plus a fixed 324.9 pesos a month. For 300 kWh the tariff comes to about 2,900 pesos.

OfficialDecreto 339/025: UTE rates from 1 January 2026 · checked 28 Sep 2026

OSE water from January 2026: up to 15 m³ at 36.91 pesos per m³ plus a fixed charge of 327.5. For 15 m³ that comes to about 880 pesos a month. The municipality bills sewage separately.

OfficialDecree 340/025: OSE water and sewerage tariffs from 1 January 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026

The municipality, not OSE, bills sewage in Montevideo: a fixed charge of 80.76 pesos a month and 45.30 per m³ of water (2025 tariff). For 15 m³ that is about 760 pesos, billed every two months.

OfficialMontevideo city government: saneamiento (sewerage) tariff · checked 29 Sep 2026

Montevideo Gas network gas, September 2026, including VAT: 48.55 pesos per m³ plus a fixed charge of 714.86 a month. Summer, 30 m³: about 2,170 pesos; winter, 100 m³: about 5,570.

OfficialMontevideo Gas: current tariff, September 2026, including VAT · checked 29 Sep 2026

Electricity is on an ANDE tariff that varies by hour: at peak hours (12–16 and 18–22) it is PYG 669 per kilowatt-hour, against the previous 404. There is no separate tariff for the city.

SpecialistABC Color: new ANDE tariff scheme, peak-hour rates 65% higher · checked 30 Sep 2026

Water is supplied by ESSAP: PYG 1,767 per m³ up to 15 m³ plus a fixed charge of 8,236 (the general 2018 tariff). About 60% of the city is covered by water; sewerage is run by EBY, not ESSAP.

SpecialistABC Color: ESSAP head on the Encarnación municipality's lawsuit: water coverage about 60%, sewerage handled by EBY · checked 29 Sep 2026

Cooking is done on cylinder gas: a 10 kg cylinder costs PYG 110–125k ($19–21) nationwide. 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