A liquid crystal display that can suppress an irregularity in temperature in planes of a liquid crystal cell and polarizers, which is caused by heat radiated from a backlight and can suppress depolarization caused by the temperature irregularity, in which, as compared with a conventional liquid crystal display, appearance defects are reduced. The liquid crystal display of the present invention includes a first polarizer 10, a liquid crystal cell 11, a second polarizer 12, a thermal control element 14 with a thermal conductivity of 0.3 W/(m·K) or higher, an air layer 15, and a backlight 13, which are arranged in this order.