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Asunción vs Las Terrenas

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Under balanced weights Asunción edges it, 57 to 55, winning 4 of the 9 factors. Asunción is stronger on internet, visa ease; Las Terrenas on air quality. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Safety: 6.8 of 57 points (scores 55/100)Healthcare: 8.3 of 57 points (scores 66/100)Internet: 7.9 of 57 points (scores 64/100)Visa ease: 5.8 of 57 points (scores 46/100)Getting there & around: 3.9 of 57 points (scores 31/100)Climate: 8.3 of 57 points (scores 67/100)Air quality: 8.6 of 57 points (scores 68/100)Quality of life: 7.1 of 57 points (scores 57/100)57
Asunción
out of 100

Paraguay's leafy, low-cost capital on the river

Full Asunción profile →Where to stay in Asunción →
Cost of living: 6.3 of 55 points (scores 56/100)Safety: 6.3 of 55 points (scores 57/100)Healthcare: 7.5 of 55 points (scores 67/100)Internet: 5.0 of 55 points (scores 45/100)Visa ease: 3.7 of 55 points (scores 33/100)Getting there & around: 2.6 of 55 points (scores 24/100)Climate: 8.3 of 55 points (scores 75/100)Air quality: 9.8 of 55 points (scores 88/100)Quality of life: 5.8 of 55 points (scores 52/100)55
Las Terrenas
out of 100

Caribbean beach town with a French accent

Full Las Terrenas profile →Where to stay in Las Terrenas →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Cost of livingno data56
Safety5557 ✓
Healthcare6667 ✓
Internet64 ✓45
Visa ease46 ✓33
Getting there & around31 ✓24
Climate6775 ✓
Air quality6888 ✓
Quality of life57 ✓52

Cost

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno data$1,100
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Homicides per 100k6.88 ✓9.12
Political stability (0–100)6876.2 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)79 ✓73
Life expectancy70.3 yrs73.3 yrs ✓

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Download26.1 Mbps ✓9.9 Mbps
Upload12.5 Mbps ✓4.7 Mbps

Visa

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, EU passport90 days ✓30 days
Entry, UK passport90 days ✓30 days

Getting there and around

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Non-stop airport destinations14 ✓4
Walkability (1–5, editorial)23 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricAsunciónLas Terrenas
Comfortable months per year89 ✓
Annual mean PM2.519.2 µg/m³10.3 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Asunción or Las Terrenas?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Asunción or Las Terrenas safer?
Las Terrenas scores higher on safety (57 vs 55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Asunción or Las Terrenas?
Asunción: a measured median of 26.1 Mbps versus 9.9 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.