Trevelin vs Asunción
In short
Calculated from the figures below, with no overall “who wins” score.
Rent
✓in Trevelin cheaper — −58%
Family budget
✓in Asunción cheaper — −48%
Ready-made house
✓in Trevelin cheaper — −27%
In numbers
Exchange rate as of the date each figure was checked.
House or apartment rent
per month✓Trevelin≈ $257–482ARS 400–750kcheaper by 58%Asunción≈ $763–1,020₲4.5–6MFamily groceries
per monthTrevelin≈ $546ARS 844,304✓Asunción≈ $280₲1,650,472cheaper by 49%Family budget
per monthTrevelin≈ $1,210ARS 1,874,639✓Asunción≈ $633₲3,732,432cheaper by 48%Winter
averageTrevelin2 °C2 °CAsunción18 °C18 °CPrecipitation
per yearTrevelin963 mm963 mmAsunción1,433 mm1,433 mmReady-made house
purchase✓Trevelin$190–260k$190–260kcheaper by 27%Asunción$195–420k$195–420k
By topic
A quick look at each city. Details and sources are on the city page.
Housing
Trevelin
Small units are about ARS 400–420k a month, 2 bedrooms 550–750k. Supply is limited, and good houses go quickly.
SpecialistLong-term rental listings — Zonaprop, Mercado Libre, local agencies · checked 30 Aug 2026
1 ha is roughly USD 26–50k, more interesting than Esquel per area. With gas at the entrance and year-round access, about USD 80k.
SpecialistListings for land and houses for sale — Zonaprop, Mercado Libre, Argenprop · checked 1 Sep 2026
Family houses are more often around USD 190–260k; a new 180 m² house with 3 bedrooms is USD 260k.
SpecialistListings for land and houses for sale — Zonaprop, Mercado Libre, Argenprop · checked 1 Sep 2026
Asunción
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
Money and prices
Trevelin
Trevelin is not measured separately, so use Esquel (25 km) as a benchmark: poverty line ARS 1,874,639 a month. Supermarket prices are the same.
SpecialistObservatorio de Economía UNPSJB — cost of the basket in Patagonian cities, July 2026 · checked 9 Sep 2026
The minimum basket in the Esquel measurement is ARS 844,304 a month. In Trevelin the shops are smaller and the choice is narrower; big shopping is done in Esquel.
SpecialistObservatorio de Economía UNPSJB — cost of the basket in Patagonian cities, July 2026 · checked 9 Sep 2026
Asunción
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
Family and kids
Trevelin
There are schools in Aldea Escolar (about 12 km away, with a school bus for some students) and in Sierra Colorada. Places are assigned through the provincial DINO system.
OfficialSchool Nº7724 Aldea Escolar · checked 31 Aug 2026
Asunción
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
Healthcare
Trevelin
There is no serious healthcare of its own: the hospital, clinic and diagnostics are in Esquel, 20–30 minutes along RN 259. Check the winter travel time to the hospital by address.
OfficialMinisterio de Salud — services of Hospital Zonal Esquel · checked 25 Aug 2026
Asunción
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
Transport
Trevelin
A Jacobsen bus runs to Esquel: on weekdays almost every hour from 06:45, about 45 minutes on the way. To the border at Futaleufú there are services on Mondays and Fridays; the crossing is open 8–18 h.
SpecialistTransporte Jacobsen: schedule Esquel - Trevelin - Aldea and trips to the Chilean border · checked 1 Oct 2026
The nearest airport is Esquel's, about 45 km away according to the Trevelin municipality. There are more flights in summer than in the shoulder season; a ticket costs more than to Bariloche (per an aviation blog).
OfficialTrevelin municipal tourism · checked 1 Oct 2026
Asunción
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
Climate
Trevelin
About 963 mm a year, an annual average of 9.7 °C, winter is wetter than summer, and part of the precipitation is snow. Trevelin is noticeably greener than Esquel.
OfficialTrevelin municipal tourism · checked 24 Aug 2026
The average July temperature is 1.7 °C, from the Esquel Aero station, the one closest to Trevelin. There is no station in the town itself. In winter there is more precipitation than in summer, with snow in places.
OfficialSMN — climate normals 1991–2020 · checked 1 Oct 2026
Asunción
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
Safety
Trevelin
In Chubut in 2025 the rate was 3.5 per 100k residents (21 cases), below the national average (3.6). The figure is provincial; there are no separate statistics for Trevelin.
OfficialSNIC — Informe del Sistema Nacional de Información Criminal, year 2025, table 5 (intentional homicides by province) · checked 9 Sep 2026
Asunción
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
Internet and phone
Trevelin
Since May 2026, Canal 4 fiber in town at 200/400/600 Mbps. On rural plots, wireless and satellite are more common: do not assume the town's fiber carries over.
SpecialistCanal 4 — fiber launch in Trevelin · checked 25 Aug 2026
Asunción
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
Services
Trevelin
There is a gas network in Trevelin, and connection requests have been accepted again since January 2026. Electricity and water are supplied by the 16 de Octubre cooperative, which has its own office in Trevelin.
SpecialistCamuzzi — gas connections resume in the Cordillera · checked 1 Oct 2026
Asunción
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

