Paraguay Travel Vaccine Cost Calculator

The vaccine conversation for Paraguay sorts into three piles. Pile one, the routine pile: MMR, Tdap, flu — confirm you are current, cost aside. Pile two, the food-and-water pile: hepatitis A ($99 the series) and typhoid ($54) — these are the shots travel clinics hand out most, because they protect against the most common ways travelers actually get sick.

Pile three, the itinerary-specific pile: hepatitis B ($143) for many travelers, tetanus ($37) if due, yellow fever ($189) depending on your Paraguay zones, rabies ($286) for remote itineraries. Series timing shapes the Paraguay budget: hepatitis B ($143) and rabies ($286) need weeks to multiple visits, while the hepatitis A and typhoid doses in the essential tier ($202) protect within days. On the malaria side: Paraguay was certified malaria-free by the WHO in 2018 — the first country in the Americas in decades.

Cost per protection, ranked for Paraguay: hepatitis A at $99 guards against the single most common vaccine-preventable travel disease and lasts decades — arguably the best value on the list. Typhoid at $54 protects a narrower risk but one that exists wherever food handling varies. The $49 consultation buys the itinerary-specific advice this page can only approximate.

Hepatitis B ($143) and tetanus ($37) round out the standard set at $382. Yellow fever ($189) is priced by certificate value — one shot, lifelong validity, and Paraguay checks it at the border. Rabies at $286 is the outlier: three doses, no cheap shortcut, and a purchase you make hoping never to need.

Group arithmetic is where Paraguay totals bite — the calculator multiplies per-person costs across your whole party.

A Paraguay vaccine plan is really three timelines braided together. The antibody timeline: most vaccines need two to four weeks after the final dose to confer solid protection, which sets your outer deadline. The appointment timeline: hepatitis B wants three doses across weeks (accelerated schemes compress to 21 days), rabies the same spread, and each visit needs a booking at a clinic that stocks the vial.

The paperwork timeline: the yellow fever certificate activates ten days after the shot, and Paraguay checks that date. Working backwards from a Paraguay departure, the braided plan books the clinic the week flights are ticketed, front-loads any multi-dose series, and leaves single-dose hepatitis A and typhoid as the late movers. No antimalarial lead time is needed for this itinerary.

Paraguay was certified malaria-free by the WHO in 2018 — the first country in the Americas in decades. That means no tablets for this itinerary — $0 on the malaria line, though mosquito repellent stays worth packing for the nuisance alone.

Paraguay ties yellow fever to entry paperwork — the shot plus lifetime certificate costs about $189 and counts from day ten onward — carry the physical yellow card; a photo on your phone satisfies no border officer. One more document earns its place: the immunization record with dates and lot numbers, carried on paper rather than only in your phone.