Global CityIntelligence

Latvia / Baltic Europe

Liepaja City Intelligence

Liepaja is the largest city in Latvia's Kurzeme region and the country's third-largest, centered on an ice-free Baltic port, a former naval district at Karosta, and a coastal economy of shipping, fishing, and manufacturing. Liepaja is a baltic europe city of about ~67K in Latvia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Liepaja sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (64/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~67K
View of Liepaja, Latvia

Image credit: Image: Edgars Šulcs / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Liepaja profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Riga, Daugavpils, and Cesis.

Overall64/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality66/100
Energy58/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

64/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Liepaja data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Liepaja city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score64/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Liepaja's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality66/100Liepaja's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy58/100Liepaja's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety62/100Liepaja's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Liepaja's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Liepaja's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience60/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety69/100
Low crime71/100
Personal safety70/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety68/100

Liepaja is estimated to be a generally safe city (69/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life73/100
Healthcare74/100
Education75/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness74/100
Infrastructure73/100
Mobility57/100

Liepaja has a high quality-of-life estimate (73/100), with notable strengths in green space.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness76/100
Education75/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety69/100

Liepaja scores high for family living (76/100), helped by education access, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability69/100
Walkability72/100
Cycling59/100
Infrastructure73/100

Liepaja is high for remote workers (69/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability72/100
Healthcare74/100
Cleanliness74/100
Outdoor lifestyle51/100

Liepaja is high for retirement (72/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Liepaja

Local public safety guidance for Liepaja, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Liepaja, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Latvia emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Liepaja

Healthcare context for Liepaja, with national-level information from Latvia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Liepaja, see the Latvia healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Liepaja

Local mobility context for Liepaja, with national-level context from Latvia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Liepaja, see the Latvia transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Liepaja. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Liepaja

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Liepaja will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Liepaja air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Liepaja modules

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Cost of Living in Liepaja

Liepaja's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Liepaja

Liepaja's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Liepaja

Liepaja's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Liepaja

Liepaja's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Liepaja

Liepaja's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Liepaja

Liepaja's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Liepaja

Cost of living estimates for Liepaja — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Liepaja

Climate profile for Liepaja — Subarctic climate, annual average 3.6°C, comfort score 57/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Liepaja

Economy and jobs profile for Liepaja — tourism economy, economy score 62/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Liepaja

Education profile for Liepaja — mixed education base, education score 54/100, 3 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Liepaja

Source-attributed visual context for Liepaja using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Liepaja

Weekend trip planning checklist for Liepaja — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Liepaja

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Liepaja

Estimate a monthly budget for Liepaja using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Liepaja

Plan a trip budget for Liepaja using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Liepaja

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Liepaja. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Klaipeda, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 89 km from Liepaja. Explore Klaipeda's city intelligence profile.

Šiauliai, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 156 km from Liepaja. Explore Šiauliai's city intelligence profile.

Riga, Latvia

Same region · about 195 km from Liepaja. Explore Riga's city intelligence profile.

Visby, Sweden

Cross-border · about 206 km from Liepaja. Explore Visby's city intelligence profile.

Panevėžys, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 225 km from Liepaja. Explore Panevėžys's city intelligence profile.

Kaunas, Lithuania

Cross-border · about 256 km from Liepaja. Explore Kaunas's city intelligence profile.

Gdynia, Poland

Cross-border · about 271 km from Liepaja. Explore Gdynia's city intelligence profile.

Cēsis, Latvia

Weekend trip · about 274 km from Liepaja. Explore Cēsis's city intelligence profile.

Sopot, Poland

Cross-border · about 277 km from Liepaja. Explore Sopot's city intelligence profile.

Elbląg, Poland

Cross-border · about 281 km from Liepaja. Explore Elbląg's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Liepaja — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Liepaja — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Liepaja profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience alongside Riga, Daugavpils, and Cesis. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (72/100) and air quality (66/100). The area most worth watching is energy (58/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Latvia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Liepaja appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.