Huili (Yi: ꑌꄷꏃ or ꉼꆹꏃ nyi ddix shyp or hop li shyp) is a county-level city of far southern Sichuan province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Formerly Huili County (会理县, ꑌꄷꑤ), it was upgraded to a county-level city in May 2022.

Administrative divisions

Huili comprises 7 subdistricts, 11 towns, 6 townships and 2 ethnic townships.

Geography and climate

Huili is situated in southern Sichuan and is the southernmost division of the Liangshan Prefecture, bordering Sichuan's Panzhihua City and Yunnan. The county-level city seat has an elevation of about 1800 m, although elevations range from 839 m along the Jinsha River to 3920 m at Mount Beimu (贝母山). Huili was severely affected by the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake. Due to its southerly location in Sichuan and high elevation, Huili has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with mild, very sunny and dry winters, and very warm, rainy summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 7.3 °C in January to 21.1 °C in June, and the annual mean is 15.23 °C. Over 60% of the 1162 mm annual precipitation occurs from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 34% in July to 72% in February, the county-level city seat receives 2,348 hours of bright sunshine annually.