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Asunción vs Sucre

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Under balanced weights Asunción edges it, 57 to 50, winning 7 of the 9 factors. Asunción is stronger on climate, internet, healthcare; Sucre on nothing outright. 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 →
Safety: 7.2 of 49 points (scores 58/100)Healthcare: 6.5 of 49 points (scores 52/100)Internet: 6.0 of 49 points (scores 48/100)Visa ease: 5.3 of 49 points (scores 42/100)Getting there & around: 3.6 of 49 points (scores 29/100)Climate: 6.3 of 49 points (scores 50/100)Air quality: 8.0 of 49 points (scores 64/100)Quality of life: 6.7 of 49 points (scores 54/100)50
Sucre
out of 100

Whitewashed colonial capital, slow and cheap

Full Sucre profile →Where to stay in Sucre →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricAsunciónSucre
Cost of livingno datano data
Safety5558 ✓
Healthcare66 ✓52
Internet64 ✓48
Visa ease46 ✓42
Getting there & around31 ✓29
Climate67 ✓50
Air quality68 ✓64
Quality of life57 ✓54

Cost

MetricAsunciónSucre
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one cityno datano data
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricAsunciónSucre
Homicides per 100k6.883.65 ✓
Political stability (0–100)68 ✓62.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)79 ✓67
Life expectancy70.3 yrs ✓65.4 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricAsunciónSucre
Download26.1 Mbps ✓10.5 Mbps
Upload12.5 Mbps ✓7.4 Mbps

Visa

MetricAsunciónSucre
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days ✓visa on arrival
Entry, EU passport90 days90 days
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricAsunciónSucre
Non-stop airport destinations14 ✓4
Walkability (1–5, editorial)24 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)11

Climate and air

MetricAsunciónSucre
Comfortable months per year8 ✓6
Annual mean PM2.519.2 µg/m³ ✓21.1 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Asunción or Sucre?
We lack a monthly cost figure for one of the two cities.
Is Asunción or Sucre safer?
Sucre scores higher on safety (58 vs 55), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Asunción or Sucre?
Asunción: a measured median of 26.1 Mbps versus 10.5 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); OpenFlights airports and routes; 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.