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| ⭐️ Total score | 253 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 😄 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 | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 101 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.43 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | COP 1,000,000 = USD 243 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lulo |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 380,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,806 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Falabella |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Copa Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Avianca |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Instituto del Corazón de Santa Marta |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,701 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $822 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,367 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $391 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $776 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,205 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $222 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $92,157 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $40 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $368 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,358 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ 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 safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 29°C / 84°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 81% |
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| Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 227mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 26mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 21% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 24% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 840 people | 733 people | 655 people | 657 people | 600 people | 314 people | 571 people | 400 people | 367 people | 400 people | 575 people | 600 people |
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