No visa needed

Do citizens of Uruguay need a visa for Paraguay?

Citizens of Uruguay don’t need a visa for Paraguay and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Uruguay: the passport opens 96 countries visa-free; Montevideo — Asunción: ≈ 1,080 km, about 2 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Paraguay without a visa on a Uruguay passport?

Yes, citizens of Uruguay don’t need a visa for Paraguay for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Paraguay visa rules at a glance

With a Uruguay passport you can visit 96 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 27 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Uruguay passport ranks 59th of 199.
Uruguay passport: visa-free access to 96 countries; Paraguay passport: 86.
Citizens of Uruguay and Paraguay can travel together visa-free to 83 countries, for example: Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama, Dominica, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Citizens of Paraguay, in turn, don’t need a visa for Uruguay. Uruguay visa for citizens of Paraguay

Travelling to Paraguay: good to know

Montevideo — Asunción: about 1,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Paraguayan Guarani.
Languages: Guarani and Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ PYG 5,926.
Paraguay is the 2nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Uruguay.