Asunción: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Asunción is the capital of Paraguay (Asuncion), 113 m (371 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), 14 km (9 mi) from the centre. Our booking partner lists 447 places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Asunción runs from about 10 h 36 min a day in late June to 13 h 45 min in late December (computed for -25.29° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Asunción is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), 14 km (9 mi) from the centre, whose 10,997-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft.
Flights to Asunción: every airport, routes and times
Buses to Asunción · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 447 places to stay in Asuncion. Of the 246 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (138), and 8 are five-star. Across 79 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.7 out of 10. Guests have left 45,129 reviews in total.
Hotels in Asunción: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 14 hostels in Asuncion, out of 447 places to stay of every kind — 3.1% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Guests have left 1,781 reviews across them.
Hostels in Asunción: the full picture, and book
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Corrientes, 270 km (Argentina) — flights · buses · car rental · tours
- Posadas, 290 km (Argentina) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Ciudad del Este, 302 km — flights · buses · car rental
- Foz do Iguaçu, 309 km (Brazil) — flights · buses · car rental
- Resistencia, 276 km (Argentina) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- San Lorenzo, 15 km — tours
- Formosa, 113 km (Argentina) — buses · car rental · tours
- Capiatá, 22 km — tours
- Ituzaingó, 273 km (Argentina) — flights · buses · car rental · tours
- Toledo, 399 km (Brazil) — flights · buses · car rental
Twin towns and sister cities: Miami-Dade County, Rosario, Resistencia, São Paulo, Curitiba, Chiba, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Trujillo, Chimbote, Medina de Pomar, Algiers, Taipei, Madrid, Carrara.
Common questions
Which airport serves Asunción?
Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), 14 km (9 mi) from the centre.
How big is Asunción?
About 1.5 million people live in Asunción, across 117 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Asunción in?
America/Asuncion, currently UTC-3.
What currency is used in Asunción?
The Guarani (PYG). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Asunción?
14 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Asunción.
How many hotels are there in Asunción?
Our booking partner lists 447 places to stay in Asuncion, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Asunción?
Corrientes (270 km), Posadas (290 km), Ciudad del Este (302 km), Foz do Iguaçu (309 km), Resistencia (276 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.