Liepāja
City in Latvia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Liepajas Sveta Jazepa Romas katolu katedrale 2: Edgars Šulcs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Liepāja is a city in Latvia, in Liepaja. About 67,421 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Latvia in our atlas.
It lies at 56.50° N, 21.01° E, about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Riga time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.
Location
Red dot: Liepāja. Green dots: other major cities of Latvia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Liepāja has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 21°C (70°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -4°C (25°F). Around 742 mm (29 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 457954 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q167668 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Liepajas Sveta Jazepa Romas katolu katedrale 2: Edgars Šulcs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)