🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.75/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,277 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 19°C66°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Way too humid: 89% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 19 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 19°C 66°F + 💦 Humid (89%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 19°C 66°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Tigo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: COP 1,000,000 | USD 295 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Juan Valdez Café | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
coffeehikingculturelegal weedno-beachbeachmildmild nowclean airgood air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,277 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $678 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $912 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $260 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $118 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $144 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $685 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $32 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (94 listings) | $1,199 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $39 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $5 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
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❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
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