Medellin city and green mountain valley seen from a remote-work terrace

Latin America

🇨🇴 Colombia

Medellín's transformation into a nomad hotspot is one of the decade's biggest lifestyle-migration stories, famous for climate, coliving, and cost of living.

Photo: Nomad Terminal, free-to-use licence

Colombia in short

We cover 2 cities in Colombia. A mid-range solo month runs from about $1,200 in Medellín to about $1,900 in Bogotá (our planning estimates, method). The visa tracker has 1 record for Colombia, read on official pages and last checked 29 Sept 2026.

What the official sources say

Visitante, Nómada digital (Visa V) Open

Status note: Fee page and Resolution 5477/2022 (Art. 46) list the visa; no closure notice seen
Income rule: 3 SMMLV shown by bank statements for the last 3 months (Res. 5477/2022 Art. 46, translated); SMMLV 2026 fixed at COP 1,750,905 per month by Decree 159/2026 (translated)
Stay: Visa validity up to two years (translated)
Government fee: Visa fee USD 183 (EUR 141) plus study fee USD 56 (EUR 44) per fee page
Insurance: Health policy valid in Colombia covering accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalisation, death, repatriation (translated)
Tax: General rule, no nomad regime found: DIAN page states tax residency arises from more than 183 calendar days in any 365 consecutive days; page does not mention digital nomads (translated)
Checked: 29 Sept 2026

Colombia cities compared Planning estimates, see method

Sorted from cheapest. Monthly cost is a mid-range solo scenario in US dollars; housing is the accommodation line of the same scenario. Wifi and safety are planning figures, not measurements.

City	Month, est.	Housing, est.	Wifi, est.	Safety, est.	Best months
Medellín	$1,200	$550 (46%)	100 Mbps	6/10	Dec, Jan, Feb, Jul
Bogotá	$1,900	$1,000 (53%)	300 Mbps	6/10	Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar

Guides for Colombia

How this page is built: visa rows are read from the audited tracker, which links each figure to an official page and dates the check; city figures are editorial planning estimates (method). Rules change, so confirm with the authority before you apply. Researched from official immigration pages and the site's cost dataset.

Earlier summary of the visa route

Scheme

Digital Nomad Visa (V Visa)

Maximum stay

Up to 2 years

Income or savings

~$1,100–$1,400/month income (3x minimum wage)

Difficulty

Easy

These summary figures were carried over from the earlier site and are not individually dated. Where they differ from the official-source records above, the records win.