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| ⭐️ Overall score | 209 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Colombia |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (99%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Tigo |
| 💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.18 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | COP 1,000,000 = USD 218 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Juan Valdez Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $5,806 / year |
| 🏞 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 | €943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €512 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €675 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €193 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €87 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €107 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €473 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €22 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (143 listings) | €928 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €30 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Humidity | nice 68% | nice 74% | nice 76% | nice 80% | nice 78% | nice 75% | nice 76% | nice 66% | nice 77% | nice 84% | nice 89% | nice 84% |
| Rain | rainy 149mm | rainy 206mm | rainy 274mm | rainy 255mm | rainy 272mm | rainy 286mm | rainy 256mm | rainy 131mm | rainy 258mm | rainy 225mm | rainy 206mm | rainy 264mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 71% | cloudy 83% | overcast 91% | overcast 94% | overcast 90% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 87% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 82°AQI 63✈️7h€3,819 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 27✈️12h€2,862 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 28✈️12h€3,415 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
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