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| ⭐️ Total score | 64 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Colombia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 13°C 55°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels 13°C 55°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | COP 1,000,000 = USD 241 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Juan Valdez Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,806 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Falabella |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Copa Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Avianca |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital del Sur Armenia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,753 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $731 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $830 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $237 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,557 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,476 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $422 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $73 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $257 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Humidity |
nice 47% |
nice 49% |
nice 50% |
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nice 48% |
nice 44% |
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| Rain |
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rainy 496mm |
rainy 504mm |
rainy 556mm |
rainy 876mm |
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rainy 566mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 41% |
pockets 44% |
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pockets 38% |
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pockets 43% |
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pockets 44% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 9 UVI |
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