Africa · Western Africa
Liberia
One city in the atlas · 2 airports with scheduled flights
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Currency
- LRD
- Liberian Dollar
- Local time
- Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +231
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, B, C, E and F
Facts
Liberia in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Currency
- Liberian Dollar LRDToday's indicative rate: LRD 100 ≈ USD 0.586Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: EnglishSpoken: English
- Time zones
- Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +231
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, B, C, E and F120 V / 220 VAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 114fire911general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 5,731,206 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 111,370 km²
- Internet domain
- .lr
- Land borders
- Côte d’IvoireGuineaSierra Leone
When to go
Climate across Liberia
On these averages, Monrovia has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to May.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Liberia is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Liberia
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Liberia
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Liberia
Tell us where in Liberia, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.