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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 21.0072,Lat: 56.5099
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	16:56:11pm
Population	77000 (3th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Liepāja

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aucugals	5.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cimdenieki	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Pērkone	9.3 km	South
4 Grobiņa	10.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Robežnieki	11.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	197 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	335 km	EastSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	353 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Liepāja lies at the Baltic Sea (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Venta. The nearest bigger lake is Liepājas ezers (29 km² at a distance of 1.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 38.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 187 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liepaja International Airport (at a distance of 5.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.8%

Nature

3.9 km2

8.3%

Wet nature

4 km2

8.5%

Agriculture

2.8 km2

Urban area

17.6 km2

37.2%

Infrastructure

3.1 km2

6.5%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

12.6 km2

26.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Liepāja in country Latvia

Liepāja at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	138 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	196 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	208 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Liepajas ezers	LV	1.1 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Liepāja
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Liepāja
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Liepāja

Type of weather in Liepāja	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	04:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:18 Europe/Amsterdam