🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.68/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,522 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 83% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 16 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Okay |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌥 29°C 84°F + 💦 Humid (83%) + 💨 11km/h = Feels like 35°C 95°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 16 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 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 | Lulo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 380,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💥 We recommend you to take precautions when traveling to Santa Marta as it may not always be safe for travelers, more info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
beachlegal weedairportwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internethigh crimehigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,522 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $783 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,278 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $365 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $221 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $78 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,137 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $53 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (358 listings) | $988 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $32 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $7 |
🍹 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
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot all year yound
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
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