September vs December

Strong option

Second rainy season begins — Feria is over, prices collapse, and the clouds return.

• ↑Post-Feria price crash: hotel rates drop dramatically from their August peaks — the same El Poblado properties available at a third of Feria prices within weeks
• ↑Near-empty El Poblado: the international visitors who came for Feria have left, and September gives a quieter, more local version of the neighbourhood

Best match

Alumbrado season — Medellín's Christmas light festival transforms the valley into one of the world's most extraordinary illuminated cities.

• ↑Alumbrado Navideño (from 7 December): the Medellín Christmas lights festival is the largest illuminated Christmas event in Latin America and among the most spectacular in the world — 30km of riverfront esplanade, public parks, bridges, and comunas transformed by millions of lights, with a different theme every year
• ↑Día de las Velitas (7 December): the night the lights turn on is the most festive evening of the Colombian calendar — the entire city turns out, candles are lit outside every home, and the atmosphere is extraordinary