Trevelin vs Cali

Small units are about ARS 400–420k a month, 2 bedrooms 550–750k. Supply is limited, and good houses go quickly.

SpecialistLong-term rental listings — Zonaprop, Mercado Libre, local agencies · checked 30 Aug 2026

1 ha is roughly USD 26–50k, more interesting than Esquel per area. With gas at the entrance and year-round access, about USD 80k.

SpecialistListings for land and houses for sale — Zonaprop, Mercado Libre, Argenprop · checked 1 Sep 2026

Family houses are more often around USD 190–260k; a new 180 m² house with 3 bedrooms is USD 260k.

SpecialistListings for land and houses for sale — Zonaprop, Mercado Libre, Argenprop · checked 1 Sep 2026

A three-bedroom by listings: in stratum 4 in the south the median is 1.4 million pesos a month (about 430 dollars, 65 m²), in stratum 6 it is 6.5 million (about 1,940 dollars, 210 m²).

SpecialistFincaraíz: three-bedroom apartments for rent in Cali · checked 6 Oct 2026

A resale three-bedroom by listings: from 155 million to 1.5 billion pesos, half within 430-800 million. New three-bedroom units sell from 220 million to 1.6 billion.

SpecialistFincaraíz: three-bedroom apartments for sale in Cali · checked 6 Oct 2026

Trevelin is not measured separately, so use Esquel (25 km) as a benchmark: poverty line ARS 1,874,639 a month. Supermarket prices are the same.

SpecialistObservatorio de Economía UNPSJB — cost of the basket in Patagonian cities, July 2026 · checked 9 Sep 2026

The minimum basket in the Esquel measurement is ARS 844,304 a month. In Trevelin the shops are smaller and the choice is narrower; big shopping is done in Esquel.

SpecialistObservatorio de Economía UNPSJB — cost of the basket in Patagonian cities, July 2026 · checked 9 Sep 2026

The DANE minimum food basket for Cali is 247,372 pesos per person a month, about 989 thousand (296 dollars) for a family of four. Figures for 2025.

OfficialDANE: monetary poverty 2025, presentation of results with poverty lines by city · checked 6 Oct 2026

A family of four in Cali counts as poor with income below 2.05 million pesos a month, about 610 dollars (2025). Average income is 1.58 million per person.

OfficialDANE: monetary poverty 2025, presentation of results with poverty lines by city · checked 6 Oct 2026

There are schools in Aldea Escolar (about 12 km away, with a school bus for some students) and in Sierra Colorada. Places are assigned through the provincial DINO system.

OfficialSchool Nº7724 Aldea Escolar · checked 31 Aug 2026

There is no serious healthcare of its own: the hospital, clinic and diagnostics are in Esquel, 20–30 minutes along RN 259. Check the winter travel time to the hospital by address.

OfficialMinisterio de Salud — services of Hospital Zonal Esquel · checked 25 Aug 2026

Fundación Valle del Lili in Cali is Colombia's best hospital in the Newsweek ranking for the fifth year in a row; 126th in the world list of 2026 out of 2,530 assessed.

SpecialistConsultorSalud: which Colombian hospitals are in the World's Best Hospitals 2026 ranking · checked 6 Oct 2026

A Jacobsen bus runs to Esquel: on weekdays almost every hour from 06:45, about 45 minutes on the way. To the border at Futaleufú there are services on Mondays and Fridays; the crossing is open 8–18 h.

SpecialistTransporte Jacobsen: schedule Esquel - Trevelin - Aldea and trips to the Chilean border · checked 1 Oct 2026

The nearest airport is Esquel's, about 45 km away according to the Trevelin municipality. There are more flights in summer than in the shoulder season; a ticket costs more than to Bariloche (per an aviation blog).

OfficialTrevelin municipal tourism · checked 1 Oct 2026

In 2025 about 6.4 million passengers passed through Cali airport, 1.2 million of them international. Since September 2025 it has been run by the state agency Aerocivil.

OfficialAerocivil, open data: commercial air traffic by origin-destination, 2020-2026 · checked 6 Oct 2026

About 963 mm a year, an annual average of 9.7 °C, winter is wetter than summer, and part of the precipitation is snow. Trevelin is noticeably greener than Esquel.

OfficialTrevelin municipal tourism · checked 24 Aug 2026

The average July temperature is 1.7 °C, from the Esquel Aero station, the one closest to Trevelin. There is no station in the town itself. In winter there is more precipitation than in summer, with snow in places.

OfficialSMN — climate normals 1991–2020 · checked 1 Oct 2026

There is no winter: in the coolest month, November, it averages 19 degrees at night and 28.8 during the day, in August 18.5 and 30.9. The difference between months is about 2 degrees.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals of Cali 1971-2000 · checked 6 Oct 2026

In the city about 1,485 mm a year and 166 rainy days. Two wet seasons, March-May and October-November; driest in July-August.

OfficialWMO, World Weather Information Service: climate normals of Cali 1971-2000 · checked 6 Oct 2026

In Chubut in 2025 the rate was 3.5 per 100k residents (21 cases), below the national average (3.6). The figure is provincial; there are no separate statistics for Trevelin.

OfficialSNIC — Informe del Sistema Nacional de Información Criminal, year 2025, table 5 (intentional homicides by province) · checked 9 Sep 2026

According to Ministry of Defense open data, Cali had 1,068 homicides in 2025 against 950 in 2024. In January-August 2026 there were 766, 17% more than in the same period of 2025.

OfficialColombian Ministry of Defense, open data: homicides by municipality (HOMICIDIO) · checked 6 Oct 2026

Since May 2026, Canal 4 fiber in town at 200/400/600 Mbps. On rural plots, wireless and satellite are more common: do not assume the town's fiber carries over.

SpecialistCanal 4 — fiber launch in Trevelin · checked 25 Aug 2026

Tigo sells home internet at 200-500 Mbit/s for 60,900-75,900 pesos a month (strata 1-3, VAT included). On cable the upload is only 12-15 Mbit/s, on fibre 100-250.

SpecialistTigo: terms of home plans, internet plan specifications · checked 6 Oct 2026

There is a gas network in Trevelin, and connection requests have been accepted again since January 2026. Electricity and water are supplied by the 16 de Octubre cooperative, which has its own office in Trevelin.

SpecialistCamuzzi — gas connections resume in the Cordillera · checked 1 Oct 2026

EMCALI has one of the cheapest electricity prices in the country: 868.6 pesos per kWh for stratum 4 as of June 2026. 300 kWh a month is about 261 thousand pesos (78 dollars).

SpecialistValora Analitik: the most expensive electricity tariffs for stratum 4 in Colombia · checked 6 Oct 2026