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Best time to visit Liepāja

Latvia · Europe

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Liepāja

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  1. Liepāja in January: avoid
  2. Liepāja in February: avoid
  3. Liepāja in March: avoid
  4. Liepāja in April: ok
  5. Liepāja in May: sweet spot
  6. Liepāja in June: good, busy
  7. Liepāja in July: good, busy
  8. Liepāja in August: good, busy
  9. Liepāja in September: sweet spot
  10. Liepāja in October: ok
  11. Liepāja in November: avoid
  12. Liepāja in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in May or Sep — 15C max, 7 rainy days. Jun is the next best.

Things to do in Liepāja

  • Holy Trinity Cathedral Has a 55 m (180 ft) high tower, which is a perfect sightseeing place.
  • St. Nikolai Orthodox Cathedral An impressive church in a depressing place.
  • St. Joseph's Cathedral The biggest Catholic church in Liepāja.
  • Monument to the sailors and fishermen perished in the sea Monument in Liepāja, Latvia
  • Liepāja Museum Museum in Latvia
  • Liepāja lighthouse Lighthouse in Latvia

Tours and tickets in Liepāja

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Liepāja), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 2° 12d 85% 2.5h avoid bitter cold: 2C daily max
Feb 2° 8d 81% 4.6h avoid bitter cold: 2C daily max
Mar 6° 7d 79% 7.4h avoid bitter cold: 6C daily max
Apr 10° 6d 73% 10.2h ok 10C max, 6 rainy days
May 15° 7d 71% 12.8h sweet spot 15C max, 7 rainy days
Jun 20° 8d 76% 13.8h goodbusy busier than usual
Jul 21° 12d 77% 12.9h goodbusy busier than usual
Aug 21° 12d 77% 11.3h goodbusy busier than usual
Sep 18° 10d 77% 9.3h sweet spot 18C max, 10 rainy days
Oct 12° 13d 80% 5.9h ok 12C max, 13 rainy days
Nov 7° 11d 84% 3.3h avoid 7C max, 11 rainy days
Dec 4° 12d 85% 2.0h avoid bitter cold: 4C daily max

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to August; quietest in January, February, March, September, October and December.

Then and now

Liepāja's September days now average 17.9°C, 2.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–90-0.4°-0.5°3.0°8.7°15.3°17.5°19.7°19.3°15.0°11.1°5.3°1.8°
2017–261.7°1.9°5.7°10.3°15.4°20.1°21.1°21.3°17.9°12.3°7.1°3.6°
Change+2.0°+2.3°+2.7°+1.6°+0.0°+2.6°+1.4°+2.1°+2.8°+1.2°+1.7°+1.8°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Riga (RIX), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Riga.

Riga (RIX) the drive is not measured yet
Palanga (PLQ) the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Liepāja is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Latvia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

  • Paying — Latvia uses the euro. Cards are taken in most restaurants, shops, petrol stations and hotels, and ATMs are widespread, but take out cash before heading outside the cities. Card fraud and overcharging for drinks are reported: keep your card in sight when paying, check bar bills, and use ATMs inside banks where you can.
  • UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
  • Tipping — Reserved: rounding up the bill, by around 5 to 10%, is enough but not necessary; check the receipt, as a few places add a service charge.

Getting around Liepāja

  • Apps — Rides: Bolt. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Licensed taxis have yellow number plates. To avoid inflated fares, book a major taxi firm such as Baltic Taxi or Red Cab, or use an app such as Bolt that shows the price first; otherwise agree an approximate fare before setting off and make sure the meter is on, as some visitors report meters altered to run fast.

Liepāja public transport is offered by Liepāja Sabiedriskais transports. There are four types of public transport in Liepāja - tram, bus, minibus and taxi. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Liepāja, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

  • Emergency — police 110 · ambulance 113 · fire 112. In Riga, the tourist police are on +371 6718 1818.
    TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 8 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Liepāja in pictures

Liepāja corner of Graudu and Jūrnieku streets
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Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Liepāja is like

Liepāja (pronounced lee-ah-pa-yah) is a city on Latvia's Baltic coast. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
The former secret Soviet military town of Karosta (northern Liepāja), the Fortress of Liepāja (its parts are located all around the city, the most spectacular ones are on the Baltic shore in Karosta)… More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
There is much to do and see in the city – nature is everywhere, even within the city: those are not just artificially planted city parks. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
Main Bus and Railway Station (Liepājas autoosta), Rīgas iela 71 (1.3 km north of the river). Autobus office: Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00 and 12:30–16:30. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe
Liepāja is a safe place. Take general precautions. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Liepāja, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Liepāja

Also in Latvia

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Kind of place

Liepāja is in Latvia, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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