Your honest guide

Thinking about moving to Colombia?

Skip the recycled blog posts and TikTok hype. Get real numbers, current visa rules, and city breakdowns from people who actually live here — so you can decide whether it's right for you, then actually make it happen.

Colombia — from the Medellín valley to colonial Cartagena to the wax palms of the Zona Cafetera
$1.2kComfortable monthly budget
7Major visa paths
32°CEternal spring — Medellín
Decision tools

Answer the hard questions first.

The stuff you actually need to know before booking a flight. No fluff, no affiliate-stuffed listicles — just the decisions that matter.

Where to land

Six cities, six very different lives.

Colombia is not one country — it's several stitched together by coffee, mountains, and Vallenato. Pick your climate, pick your pace.

Find a place to stay

Short-term rentals, hotels & neighborhoods — one map.

Test-drive a city for a month before committing. This live map shows hotels, Airbnbs, and hostels across Colombia with real-time availability — great for scouting trips.

Map by Stay22. We may earn a small commission from bookings — at no extra cost to you.

Who writes this

Built by someone who actually moved.

Most "move to Colombia" sites are written by people who've never lived here, or by lawyers trying to funnel you into a $3,000 visa service. We're neither.

Everything on this site is based on lived experience, verified against official sources (Migración Colombia, DIAN, Cancillería), and updated when the rules change — which happens more often than you'd think.

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Start with the essentials.

Visas, cost of living, choosing a city, and the paperwork nobody warns you about — all in one place.

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