Leiria: facts

At a glance

• Country: Portugal
• Region: Leiria
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 128,640
• Coordinates: 39.7436° N, 8.8071° W
• Time zone: Europe/Lisbon (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Lisbon: 117 km (73 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS): 111 km (69 mi), straight line
• Cascais Airport (CAT): 123 km (76 mi), straight line
• Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (VSE): 134 km (83 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Batalha: 9.4 km (5.8 mi)
• Marinha Grande: 11 km (7 mi)
• Porto de Mos: 16 km (10 mi)
• Voubam de Cima: 16 km (10 mi)
• Voubam do Meio: 17 km (11 mi)

Things to see

• Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor (attraction)
• Homenagem à Indústria dos Plásticos (attraction)
• Igreja Baptista de Leiria (church)
• José Lúcio da Silva (artwork)
• O Pastor Peregrino (artwork)
• Paulo VI (artwork)