There is provided a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus in which light leakage occurring from a peripheral portion of a screen is small, and which has excellent display uniformity in a high humidity environment.A liquid crystal panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizing plate placed on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizing plate placed on an opposite side of the viewer side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein a dimensional change ratio (C1) of the first polarizing plate is larger than a dimensional change ratio (C2) of the second polarizing plate.