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Medellín, Colombia

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Medellín for remote work

UTC−5 America/Bogota · UTC−5 all year

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US Eastern team 7–8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
US Pacific team 5–6 h shared 9–5 · their day is 12:00–20:00 here
UK team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 04:00–12:00 here
Central Europe team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Price level 41 Low: household prices Colombia-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 10 / 12 June–March

Your team's working day, on Medellín's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Medellín; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 09:00–17:00
8 h
US Pacific 12:00–20:00
5 h
UK 04:00–12:00
3 h
Central Europe 03:00–11:00
2 h

Colombia does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Feb8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Mar7–8 h awake 8 h5–6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Apr7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
May7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jun7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Jul7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Aug7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Sep7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Oct7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2–3 h awake 4–5 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h
Nov8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h
Dec8 h awake 8 h5 h awake 8 h3 h awake 5 h2 h awake 4 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Great (8.8), high 27°C27°JanFebruary: Good (7.8), high 28°C28°FebMarch: Good (7.1), high 28°C28°MarApril: Fair (6.4), high 27°C27°AprMay: Fair (6.4), high 27°C27°MayJune: Good (7.2), high 28°C28°JunJuly: Great (8.2), high 28°C28°JulAugust: Good (7.7), high 28°C28°AugSeptember: Good (6.9), high 27°C27°SepOctober: Good (6.5), high 26°C26°OctNovember: Good (6.5), high 26°C26°NovDecember: Great (8.1), high 26°C26°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan27°C16°C91 mm16°C sticky11.7 h8.8
Feb28°C16°C127 mm16°C sticky11.8 h7.8
Mar28°C16°C167 mm17°C sticky12.0 h7.1
Apr27°C16°C276 mm17°C sticky12.1 h6.4
May27°C17°C352 mm17°C sticky12.3 h6.4
Jun28°C16°C178 mm16°C sticky12.4 h7.2
Jul28°C16°C126 mm16°C comfortable12.3 h8.2
Aug28°C16°C159 mm16°C comfortable12.2 h7.7
Sep27°C16°C210 mm16°C sticky12.0 h6.9
Oct26°C16°C343 mm16°C sticky11.9 h6.5
Nov26°C16°C307 mm17°C sticky11.7 h6.5
Dec26°C16°C146 mm17°C sticky11.6 h8.1

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
2,529,403 (2018)
Elevation
1405 m
Airports
José María Córdova International Airport (MDE), 19 km
Medellín-E. Olaya Herrera (EOH), 3 km
Time zone
America/Bogota
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Colombia's official government or embassy website.
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Medellín on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 3 Reconsider Travel. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-30. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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