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| ⭐️ Total score | 69 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Colombia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 12°C 53°F + 💦 Damp (88%) = feels 12°C 54°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 2.62 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | COP 1,000,000 = USD 262 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Juan Valdez Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎1% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,806 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 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 | $1,797 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $813 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $905 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $258 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,331 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,677 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $479 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $155,944 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $62 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $280 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ 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
❌ 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
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 17°C / 63°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool |
| Real (median) |
17°C / 62°F
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14°C / 57°F
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16°C / 61°F
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17°C / 62°F
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17°C / 63°F
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17°C / 62°F
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17°C / 62°F
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17°C / 62°F
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13°C / 55°F
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16°C / 61°F
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17°C / 62°F
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17°C / 62°F
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| Humidity |
damp 94% |
damp 97% |
damp 99% |
damp 98% |
damp 98% |
damp 97% |
damp 88% |
damp 96% |
damp 95% |
damp 98% |
damp 99% |
damp 99% |
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| Rain |
rainy 615mm |
rainy 686mm |
rainy 688mm |
rainy 999mm |
rainy 656mm |
rainy 795mm |
rainy 496mm |
rainy 504mm |
rainy 556mm |
rainy 876mm |
rainy 598mm |
rainy 566mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 41% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 44% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 320 people | 333 people | 240 people | 360 people | 320 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people | 280 people | 200 people | 250 people | 267 people |
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