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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 194 reviews |
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| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace | |
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| 🏥 Healthcare | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Latin America | |
| 🚩 Country | Colombia | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 0°C 0°F + 💦 Dry air (%) + 💨 12km/h = Feels like 0°C 0°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 65 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 102 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Tigo | |
| 💸 10,000 COP in USD | USD 2.94 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: COP 1,000,000 | USD 294 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lulo | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% 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 weedairportcoldcold nowslow internethigh crimelow humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,711 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $753 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,273 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $364 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $220 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $78 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,753 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $82 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (601 listings) | $877 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $29 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $7 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
Based on Santa Marta's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🚕29min$1,419 / mo24MbpsI was there for one week and stayed in Bocagrande, about a 10 minute taxi ride from the Walled City.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️14min$1,570 / mo9Mbpswasn't crazy about the town - the surrounding country is gorgeous
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 63✈️46min$1,033 / mo14MbpsUse Uber transportation. I do not recommend to use bike because it is not safe. Traffic is a big pro
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️51min$3,061 / mo18Mbpswasn't crazy about the town - the surrounding country is gorgeous
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 63✈️46min$1,033 / mo14MbpsI was there for one week and stayed in Bocagrande, about a 10 minute taxi ride from the Walled City.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️14min$1,570 / mo9MbpsThis odd post on Minca makes me question the validity of any list on this site, which would be easil
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🚕29min$1,419 / mo24MbpsPretty cool city with lots to do, but you might end up living in a suburb far away from the fun and
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️2h$5,230 / mo38MbpsSpent three months living in Playa in spring 2019. Weather is beautiful, though on the hotter side.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️2h$1,527 / mo10MbpsI spent a couple months here and loved it. I studied spanish in a school called Peruwayna in the hea
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️3h$1,110 / mo10MbpsI would say that Tokyo is probably the easiest major city to transition for a Westerner visiting Asi
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️18h$3,454 / mo26MbpsLove this place. relatively cheap, big city with something for everyone. Except beach people. Barilo
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️7h$990 / mo18MbpsI'm there 5 month already, I love this city ! great and honest people great atmosphere and very chea
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$1,888 / mo27MbpsI would disagree on the safety level of this city. Living there for 8 months now I'd say from my exp
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️11h$2,957 / mo37MbpsI was there for one week and stayed in Bocagrande, about a 10 minute taxi ride from the Walled City.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️14min$1,570 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peoplewasn't crazy about the town - the surrounding country is gorgeous
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 63✈️46min$1,033 / mo🌇 Also went here46 peopleit's a great place to live and i recommend to visit it just to check it out. We came here on our way
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️4h$1,487 / mo🌇 Also went here21 peopleNew York feels like home - a really expensive home that is, but home!
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️4h$5,206 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleI really enjoyed staying in Madrid. Reasonable coast of life, plenty of things to see/do and deliiii
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️10h$3,147 / mo🌇 Also went here22 peopleI have been living in London for over 2 years as a student. It's ridiculously expensive. However, th
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️11h$3,954 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleI would disagree on the safety level of this city. Living there for 8 months now I'd say from my exp
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️11h$2,957 / mo🌇 Also went here27 peopleBeen living in Berlin for a couple of months. Not worth it anymore. Cold, gray, sad, more expensive
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$2,775 / mo🌇 Also went here28 peopleMy girlfriend an I were here for 40 days for christmas, today we are leaving and our strongest sensa
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h$1,455 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleLike all cities that have lots of tourists, it's best to explore a little and get off the well beate
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️13h$2,597 / mo🌇 Also went here20 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high c
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️23h$1,485 / mo🌇 Also went here30 peopleBeen Many times and it it wow. And if you have been anywhere in Asia you will know what I mean whe
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️24h$1,295 / mo🌇 Also went here20 peopleEasiest subway system to master. Everyone lives within 10 minutes walking of a major greenspace. 90
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️25h$2,889 / mo🌇 Also went here24 people✅ Affordable to live
✅ 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
❌ Bad air quality usually
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
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