Trevelin vs Medellín
In short
Calculated from the figures below, with no overall “who wins” score.
Rent
✓in Trevelin cheaper — −76%
Family budget
✓in Medellín cheaper — −40%
Ready-made house
≈ about equal$190–260k$190–260k and ≈ $164–279kCOP 540–920M purchase
In numbers
Exchange rate as of the date each figure was checked.
House or apartment rent
per month✓Trevelin≈ $257–482ARS 400–750kcheaper by 76%Medellín≈ $939–2,090COP 3.1–6.9MFamily groceries
per monthTrevelin≈ $546ARS 844,304✓Medellín≈ $292COP 962,912cheaper by 47%Family budget
per monthTrevelin≈ $1,210ARS 1,874,639✓Medellín≈ $728COP 2,403,888cheaper by 40%Winter
averageTrevelin2 °C2 °CMedellín17–27 °C17–27 °CPrecipitation
per yearTrevelin963 mm963 mmMedellín1,673 mm1,673 mmReady-made house
purchasealmost equalTrevelin$190–260k$190–260kMedellín≈ $164–279kCOP 540–920M
By topic
A quick look at each city. Details and sources are on the city page.
Daily life
Trevelin
Nothing yet
Medellín
A housing stratum from 1 to 6 appears in the listing and in the tariffs. In 5–6 electricity is 20% more expensive than in 4, water 1.5–1.6 times. A three-bedroom in stratum 4 is about 3.3 million pesos, in 6 - 8 million.
OfficialEPM: electricity rates, regulated market, September 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026
Housing
Trevelin
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
Medellín
Three-bedroom apartment: Belén and Sabaneta 3.1–3.3 million pesos a month, Laureles and Envigado 4.5 million, El Poblado 6.9 million. Listing medians.
SpecialistFincaraíz: three-bedroom apartments for rent in El Poblado · checked 29 Sep 2026
Three-bedroom resale: Sabaneta about 540 million pesos, Laureles 725 million, El Poblado 873 million, Envigado 920 million. These are listing prices, not transaction prices.
SpecialistFincaraíz: three-bedroom apartments for sale in El Poblado · checked 29 Sep 2026
Money and prices
Trevelin
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
Medellín
The DANE minimum food basket for Medellín is 240,728 pesos per person per month, about 963k for a family of four. Figures for 2025.
OfficialDANE: monetary poverty 2025, presentation of results with poverty lines by city · checked 29 Sep 2026
A family of four in Medellín is considered poor with an income below 2.4 million pesos a month, about $730 (2025). The average income is 1.93 million per person.
OfficialDANE: monetary poverty 2025, presentation of results with poverty lines by city · checked 29 Sep 2026
Family and kids
Trevelin
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
Medellín
The international The Columbus School in Envigado for 2026–27: 4.3 million pesos a month from August to May plus a 4.8 million fee in June. This is the upper bound.
SpecialistThe Columbus School: fees for the 2026-27 school year · checked 29 Sep 2026
Healthcare
Trevelin
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
Medellín
In the Newsweek 2026 ranking for Colombia, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe is 3rd, San Vicente Fundación 8th, and six more clinics of the metropolitan area are in the top 45. The ranking is commercial.
SpecialistNewsweek and Statista: World’s Best Hospitals 2026, Colombia · checked 29 Sep 2026
Transport
Trevelin
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
Medellín
A ride on the metro, tram, cable car or Metroplús with a personalized Cívica card costs 3,820 pesos, 4,400 with an anonymous card, 1,600 for students.
OfficialMetro de Medellín: fares by Cívica card profile · checked 29 Sep 2026
The main airport, José María Córdova, is in Rionegro, about 35 km from the city. In 2025 it handled 14.6 million passengers, 4.2 million of them international.
SpecialistLadevi: José María Córdova airport, passenger record in 2025 · checked 29 Sep 2026
Climate
Trevelin
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
Medellín
No winter: the average monthly temperature is 21–22.5 degrees all year round. Coolest in October: on average from 16.6 at night to 26.8 during the day.
OfficialIDEAM: climate table, Olaya Herrera airport (Medellín) · checked 29 Sep 2026
About 1,670 mm a year and 224 days with rain. Two wet seasons, April–May and September–November; driest in December–February.
OfficialIDEAM: climate table, Olaya Herrera airport (Medellín) · checked 29 Sep 2026
Safety
Trevelin
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
Medellín
In 2025 there were 326 murders, about 13 per 100k residents; for the country in 2024 it was 25.4. In El Poblado and Laureles there are few murders, the most are in the center.
SpecialistQue Pasa Medallo: homicides in Medellín in 2025 according to SISC · checked 29 Sep 2026
Internet and phone
Trevelin
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
Medellín
Tigo gives 500 Mbit/s for 75,900 pesos a month in strata 1–3 and for 90,321 in strata 4–6, VAT included. On the cable network the upload is only 15 Mbit/s.
SpecialistTigo: terms of the Full Tigo package for Medellín and the metropolitan area, January 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026
Services
Trevelin
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
Medellín
Electricity for 200 kWh and water for 15 m³ at EPM tariffs: stratum 4 about 342k pesos a month, strata 5–6 - 455–470k, stratum 3 - 306k. Gas and garbage are extra.
OfficialEPM: electricity rates, regulated market, September 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026
EPM network gas in strata 3–4: 3,560 pesos per m³ plus a fixed charge of 4,390 a month. For 30 m³ it comes to about 111k pesos ($34). In stratum 6 the price is 4,272 per m³.
OfficialEPM: piped gas tariffs, Valle de Aburrá, September 2026 consumption (October bills) · checked 29 Sep 2026
EPM electricity for 300 kWh a month: stratum 4 about 288k pesos ($87), stratum 6 about 345k, stratum 3 about 269k. September 2026 tariff, excluding fees.
OfficialEPM: electricity tariffs, regulated market, September 2026 · checked 29 Sep 2026

