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Mosquito-Free Countries For Retirement Overseas

Three Top Options For Mosquito-Free Retirement Overseas

Lee Harrison by Lee Harrison
Nov 20, 2021
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Mosquito-borne diseases should not interfere with your plans to retire overseas… but they deserve some consideration. West Nile virus, malaria, yellow fever, and dengue, can be extremely serious. Dengue alone accounts for 25,000 deaths per year.The good news is that you can escape West Nile (and all mosquito-borne diseases) by living at an altitude higher than 6,500 feet. In the Americas, there are many good options for living at this altitude, from Colombia to Chile.

At high-altitude retirement havens near the equator, and you’ll also realize an added bonus: spring-like temperatures year-round, with little seasonal variation. This means comfortable living all year long as well as savings on heat and air-conditioning costs.

Here are my favorite expat havens at altitudes of more than 6,500 feet, all offering gentle weather and screen-free living:

Bogotá, Colombia: A Global Capital With Diverse Lifestyle Options

View of Journalist's Park in Bogota, Colombia.
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I had low expectations before my first visit to Colombia’s capital but was pleasantly surprised. Bogotá is cheerful and full of energy, a great venue for city living. Some of Bogotá’s sectors qualify as the best in Latin America for a cosmopolitan retirement lifestyle.

Bogotá sits in the Colombian Andes on a high, mountain-rimmed plateau at an elevation of about 8,650 feet. Its nearly 4 million residents enjoy spring-like weather every month of the year, with highs around 70°Fand lows in the 50s. The seasonal temperature variation is less than 1 degree.

The city offers a good selection of diverse living options. You could enjoy the fine dining and cafés of upscale sectors such as El Chicó and Rosales… or live in the heart of the action, enjoying the lively and energetic Latino feel in El Nogal or Chapinero (while spending a bit less money).

By Colombian standards, the cost of living and of real estate is relatively high in Bogotá. However, by international standards, the cost both of living and of buying property in this city is a bargain, especially when you consider that this is a world capital. You could own a luxury-standard two-bedroom penthouse apartment for about US$250,000 at the current rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the Colombian peso.

Living here, West Nile virus, yellow fever, and malaria would be faraway concepts… things that exist at much lower elevations.

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Arequipa, Peru: Sparkling In The Strong Andean Sunshine

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Arequipa, with its beautifully restored and maintained historic center, is Peru’s second-largest city and third-largest tourist destination and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

Arequipa is known as the Ciudad Blanca, or “White City,” because many of its structures are of sillar, a white stone block made from volcanic rock found in the area. The effect of all this white is dazzling in the strong Andean sun.

The architecture has a strong Moorish influence. Construction quality is good here compared with what you typically find in Spanish-colonial cities, which are usually built of adobe, made from earth.

Arequipa sits at an altitude of 7,600 feet, well out of the mosquito danger zone. The rainy season here is from January to March, but it rains very little, about half as much as the deserts around Phoenix. The average daily high temperature is about 71°F, while the average low is around 44°F, with almost no seasonal variation.

The most appealing lifestyle here would be in the historic center. Avoid the blocks immediately around the main square, due to the heavy tourist traffic. A few blocks off the square, you could buy a large colonial-style hacienda for less than US$200,000 at the current rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the Peruvian sol.

Other good retirement lifestyle choices include residential areas outside the historic center, such as the Cayma district.

Puebla, Mexico: Top Pick Among Mexican Colonial Cities

Aerial view of Cholula in Puebla, Mexico
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This is an unsung best among the many appealing retire-overseas options in Mexico.

Puebla is one of the most impressive Spanish-colonial environments you’ll find in the Americas. This is a real city, not one that caters to tourists. It’s a town of around 3 million people that manages to feel like a small community in many ways.

It’s also a tremendous bargain.

Among international travelers, Puebla is noted for its famous Talavera pottery and its mole poblano, a thick, dark sauce made from toasted ground chili peppers, spices, chocolate, and about 25 other ingredients.

The zócalo (town square) is one of the best in Mexico, an entire city block lined with sidewalk cafés and shops hidden behind the classic portales (arches) common to Spanish-colonial squares.

The sheer size of Puebla’s historic center, as well as its state of preservation, make it unusual in Latin America and led to Puebla’s designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The downtown area includes more than 1,000 colonial buildings. The cathedral is magnificent, and it’s but 1 of more than 70 beautiful churches in the historic center.

Puebla sits at an altitude of about 7,000 feet, well out of the mosquito range. The average high temperature is 77°F, with a seasonal variation of about plus or minus 5 degrees. Overnight lows average 49 degrees.

For many, the weather is perfect.

There are few American retirees in Puebla. This lack of a large American or Canadian expat community will be a positive for some and a negative for others, but it does create the feeling that you’re in traditional old Mexico.

Property prices here are surprisingly low, even near the zócalo and main cathedral. This is partly because, unlike in better-known tourist and expat retiree haunts, homes in Puebla are priced in pesos. This gives dollar holders a tremendous advantage at today’s exchange rate. You could buy a large home for less than US$100,000.

Lee Harrison
Latin America Correspondent

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Lee has been living overseas for nearly two decades, making his first purchase abroad in the colonial city of Cuenca, Ecuador. After that first investment, he traveled extensively across Latin America and Europe looking for the best property deals possible. Lee’s network of property insiders from those travels, along with his understanding of local cultures and languages, has helped him develop insight into local property markets that only the locals usually possess.

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