Warm weather, Beautiful mountains, friendly locals, and a vibrant culture are some of the reasons why you need to visit Medellin. The city is also famous for its nightlife scene. Every weekend, a lot of areas in the city come alive with music, revelers, and partygoers. Also, nightlife in the city caters almost entirely to local tastes with Latin music and dancing as a central feature of virtually all the city’s nocturnal venues. For the most part, the nightlife is mostly concentrated from Thursday to Saturday nights, with a few things happening even in the significant nightlife spots during the weekdays.

Top 3 Hostels in Medellin:
The 3 Best Party Hostels in Medellin
Happy Buddha Boutique Hostel
Price: $10.50 to $21

Happy Budhha Boutique Hostel is among the largest party hostels in Medellin. The hostel’s location is ideal for people that want to find places to eat, drink, and have a lot of fun at night. Part of the hostel’s culture is to offer a friendly vibe and the help that guests need.
Of course, the hostel provides free Wi-Fi, music, ping pong, a pool table, and complimentary coffee and breakfast for all guests. Also, the bilingual staff will make sure to book you on the best tours for you to experience Medellin.
At night, you can share your experiences with other travelers over a cocktail at the bar, which offers excellent deals compared to other bars in the area. You can also enjoy some food in the on-site restaurants. As a party hostel, they regularly keep guests happy and drunk by organizing activities.
Other services and amenities include airport pick up, salsa classes, free luggage storage, towels for hire, a convenience store, and secure lockers. Also, private rooms can be single, twin or double and have an in-room mini-fridge, a 32-inch flat-screen, and a private bathroom. The dorms are either female-only or mixed and have 4, 6, 8 or 10 beds.
- Convenient location
- Friendly staff
- Great amenities
Paisa City Hostel
Price: $5.37 to $8.95

You will surely leave Paisa City Hostel with good memories and new friends from around the world. This great party hostel has all that you need for a great stay, such as free Wi-Fi, a pool table, a ping-pong table, game consoles, language exchanges, salsa lessons, a library, a bar, and a complimentary welcome drink upon check-in. Also, there is a smoking terrace and a non-smoking area on the terrace. The bilingual staff will also be happy to help you with anything you may need while visiting the beautiful city of Medellin.
Also, the hostel has a 24/7 front desk, hammocks, housekeeping, a shared kitchen, free towels, a laundry area, luggage storage, an entertainment room, and secure lockers to keep your things safe. Located just two blocks from metro station Estadio, Paisa City Hostel has easy access to all Barrios Medellin has to offer. Also, it is only two blocks away from the renowned street full of bars, cafes, and restaurants where you can chill out over a beer with your friends or new people.
The property is located right in front of the Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, the home of the world-famous Nacional Football team. You can also join and visit a home game and experience the vibrant atmosphere watching football live. The hostel also offers a lot of tours around Medellin. You can also choose between a private twin room or dorms that have 4, 6, or 8 beds.
- Great amenities
- Location
- Rooms
Purple Monkey Hostel
Price: $12.90

Purple Monkey Hostel has the most prominent roof terrace bar in Medellin with some of the coolest graffiti found in the city. It is also located near the metro and the nightlife spots.
Every bed has four plug sockets, including two in your spacious security locker, and all guests have a free breakfast. The dormitories are vast, and they can fit 4, 6, or 12 people. Also, the hostel has two Wi-Fi networks, a standard room, BBQ facilities, bicycle parking, a book exchange, self-catering facilities, a cable TV, an outdoor terrace, laundry facilities, airport transfers, towels for hire, luggage storage, tours and travel desk, a bar, and a mini-supermarket. Read more..
- Great amenities
- pleasant location to party
How is Medellin’s Nightlife?
Over the years, Medellín has transformed into a vibrant city, attracting travelers from around the world and impressing them with its hospitality and charm. The city is becoming increasingly famous for its nightlife scene. More tourists are gradually visiting Medellín to enjoy the best of its nightlife options and have a one of a kind experience.
Parque Lleras in the El Poblado neighborhood is the top choice for a lot of tourists visiting the city. The park is surrounded by several trendy cafes, bars, and restaurants. The sheer number of options is enough to keep you occupied all night.
Located in a well-known neighborhood, Parque Lleras is regarded as one of the safest areas in the city because of the city’s efforts to ensure the tourists’ safety. You will surely find a visible police presence in this area until the wee hours of the night. However, visitors should still be cautious, and common sense should be used during a night out in the area. By doing so, you won’t be fooled by thieves who are lurking in the area.
But in most places, the food and drinks tend to be a bit more expensive than average. Also, if you are looking for an authentic Colombian experience, your expectations may not be met. On a usual night out in Parque Lleras, most gringos can expect to be repeatedly asked by prostitutes and baby-faced Colombian teenagers muttering their offer of drugs.
Despite all of this, Parque Lleras is still the best nightlife spot in the city, and the streets in the area of the Parque tend to be crowded on weekend nights. While there is a lot of places to explore in the area, don’t make a classic traveler mistake of constraining yourself to only the Lleras / El Poblado area during your stay in Medellín. Locals use the term Zona Rosa to describe the regions concentrated with discotecas.
The Best Bars and Nightclubs in Medellin
La Octava (The Ball Pit Bar)
Easily one of the most relaxed and exciting bars that you will ever visit, La Octava lets you reminisce about your childhood days as you spend the night drunkenly clamoring through their massive ball pit!
La Octava houses a massive ball pit smack in the middle of the bar, just like you would expect from any kiddie amusement center worth its salt. The whole experience of La Octava is genuinely refreshing and equally addicting, as you only can’t manage to avoid this place.
Pro Tip: Don’t come and expect to dance a lot, as this place is more focused on the ball pit.
Envy Rooftop Bar
If you want to escape from the usual backpacker crowd in Parque Lleras and get a little wild for the night, Envy Rooftop should be at the top of your list
Situated on the top floor of the Charlee Hotel, the bar provides a more upscale standard of drink featuring spectacular panoramic views of Medellin.
Midnight Club
Giving partygoers with a more urban vibe, Midnight is among the better hip hop clubs in the city.
Playing a mix of approximately 70% reggaetón and 30% hip-hop music, this is one of your best bets when looking for a good hip-hop club in Medellin.
Club Seven
It is not among the places that like to close shop early. The party doesn’t start here until about 4:00 am after all the El Poblado bars and clubs close for the night. The party in Club Seven lasts until 6:00 am, playing some of the best Reggaetón and Hip-Hop music in the city.
Strangely, there is a party bus that winds up here once most of the bars close in El Poblado. The bus carries all the night owls too drunk to go home and return them to their accommodation. Once this party bus arrives, you can be assured the party is on.
Club Fahrenheit
Aside from Club Seven, Club Fahrenheit is another popular late-night choice among the nightlife venues in the city. However, unlike the former, Fahrenheit stays open until 7:00 am and is made up mostly
of locals from the city.
Also, expect to pay a small cover fee to enter, but don’t worry because it’s all worth it. The venue itself is one of the biggest nightclubs in Medellin, and the sound system has got some extra bass to it.
About Medellin
We need to get this out of the way: all through the 1980s and 1990s, Medellín was among the most dangerous cities in the world and had a hugely disproportional kidnapping and homicide rate. Also, it was the home of the drug lord Pablo Escobar and the infamous Medellín Cartel, who effectively controlled the city during that time. Since Escobar’s demise in the mid-1990s, the cartel was broken up, and the town bounced back rapidly.
It is safe to assume that the city is much better today compared to 20 years ago. Paisas, the citizens of Medellin, are proud of their city’s progress and are ready to move on to the future. Several parts of the city are safe – especially in El Poblado, where you can walk alone at night.

Medellín is a large city built in the Aburrá valley and encircled on either side by towering mountain ranges. The affluent citizens live in the well-protected hillside neighborhood of El Poblado and Envigado (Southeast) and Laureles (West and South of downtown). It is far removed from the action and commotion which are found in the city’s center. There are the busy markets and thriving street life that makes up much of the city’s beauty. The city hosts several universities, making for a vibrant cultural and nightlife scene fueled by hordes of young adults from around the country.
As a city that only developed recently, the architecture has a distinctly modernist appeal, which goes well with the progressiveness of its citizens. Medellin also has the first metro system in the country. Also, for international travelers, Medellín is perhaps most famous for the Botero Museum, whose namesake is one of the most celebrated artists today. It is also renowned for its ideal climate, as witnessed by its nickname “city of the eternal spring.” Enough to make your trip worthy.
Note: The best advice is always to use your common sense. As modern and picturesque as the city may seem, you should listen to the advice of locals in the neighborhoods to stay away from.
Looking for more great places to visit around Medellin and in Latin America? We recommend you to visit the other Colombian cities Bogota and Cartagena. Or visit Buenos Aires and Cusco.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Once called “the world’s most dangerous city,” Medellin is now recognized as one of the most innovative ones out there. Medellin’s highest crime rate is under 20 per 100,000. Going by violent crime, Medellin is statistically twice as safe as New Orleans.
Capital of Antioquia province, a region renowned for its coffee plantations and flower farms, for its butterflies and orchids, it is known as the City of Eternal Spring for its idyllic climate.
The best time to head to Colombia to dodge the crowds and save some money would be the off-peak seasons leading up to the high season and following on from it. This time happens in November, February, and March, so they are the best times to visit for a beautiful combination of fair weather, fewer crowds, and better prices.
Colombia isn’t the most affordable country in the world to travel in. Still, it’s by no means the most expensive either – it’s entirely possible to enjoy a long and fulfilling Colombia adventure on a necessary travel budget.