{"id":4005,"date":"2018-04-30T14:42:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewaytickettoparadise.com\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2018-06-14T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T20:03:59","slug":"city-of-eternal-spring-medellin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewaytickettoparadise.com\/city-of-eternal-spring-medellin\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Eternal Spring – Medellin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Due to its proximity to the Equator, one would expect Colombia’s climate to be subtropical. One season – hot and humid the whole year around. And it is. It is hot and it is humid but only in some parts of the country. Near the Caribbean Sea. It is also true there is only one season, at least with regard to temperatures, however, the vast majority of the country experiences different one-season seasons. Which season a specific town\/region experiences depends entirely on its elevation. For Colombia is a mountainous country, thus despite its subtropical location the climate varies – the higher you climb the cooler and less humid it gets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The towns are so much associated with seasons\u00a0they represent they are nicknamed after them. Cali, for example, is the town of never-ending summer where the temperatures differ during the year as much\/little as one degree. Bogota must be the town of ever-lasting autumn with daily rains, low temperatures, and overall miserable existence. People refer to weather in Bogota as “shitty”. Medellin, on the other hand, is the town of eternal spring. Never cold, never too hot nor too humid. Climate paradise for those who come from less temperate latitudes, like North America or Europe. And they come, and come, and come. In thousands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Medellin story is currently one of the most successful stories in making. \u00a0In a matter of only a few years, it has transitioned from the Escobar stronghold to industrial stronghold, from Medell\u00edn Cartel city to most innovative city of the year, from the most dangerous city in the world to the best place to retire in 2017, from the \u201cmurder and kidnapping capital of the world\u201d to expat paradise. Today Medellin is premiere retirement heaven attracting retirees from all over the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it isn’t only Medellin that is super hot today. The whole of Colombia is undergoing the renaissance. The country is off the list of most dangerous countries in the world. In fact, it has been ranked by The New York Times as the second, out of 52, destination to visit in 2018. What a transformation What an accomplishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Expats list many benefits of living in Medellin, like affordable prices, high standard of accommodation, security, direct flights to the US, super modern metro but the biggest of them all is… climate. Expats come to Medellin primarily for its climate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hmmm. Not really, not if you ask me. But I only stayed 10 days. Your mileage may vary though. It was neither hot nor cold, not even humid. Just like the expats love it. Why didn’t I? The temperature was very comfortable. Warm spring. Warm but rainy spring which I didn’t mind all that much, however; it was also almost always very gray which I didn’t like one bit. Not sure if the sky was gray because of the surrounding mountains or because of the pollution which is pretty bad. Whatever the reason,\u00a0 the sun was practically invisible hiding behind the clouds. And, if it wasn’t raining it looked like it would rain any minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Medellin is the second-largest city in Colombia with a population of 2.5 million inhabitants, almost four in the metropolitan area. Generally, the town is safe. As anywhere else, there are pockets that are less safe (or even dangerous no-go zones), as well as there are pockets that are very safe, even after dark – like El Poblado.<\/p>\n