# Huili

Huili (Chinese: 会理市; pinyin: Huìlǐ Shì; 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.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Yi | Romanized Yi | Administrative division code |
| Subdistricts ||||||
| Chengbei Subdistrict | 城北街道 | Chéngběi Jiēdào | ꍰꀙꏦꈜ | chep bip jie gga | 513402001 |
| Chengnan Subdistrict | 城南街道 | Chéngnán Jiēdào | ꀙꇨꏦꈜ | bip guo jie gga | 513402002 |
| Gucheng Subdistrict | 古城街道 | Gǔchéng Jiēdào | ꀊꆨꇓꈓꏦꈜ | a hlex lur kur jie gga | 513402003 |
| Towns ||||||
| Luchang Town | 鹿厂镇 | Lùchǎng Zhèn | ꇑꍣꍔ | lup cha zhep | 513402101 |
| Lixi Town | 黎溪镇 | Líxī Zhèn | ꆀꑭꍔ | nip xy zhep | 513402102 |
| Tong'an Town | 通安镇 | Tōng'ān Zhèn | ꄫꉢꍔ | to nga zhep | 513402103 |
| Taiping Town | 太平镇 | Tàipíng Zhèn | ꄠꀻꍔ | tiep pip zhep | 513402104 |
| Yimen Town | 益门镇 | Yìmén Zhèn | ꒊꂿꍔ | yyp mo zhep | 513402105 |
| Lüshui Town | 绿水镇 | Lǜshuǐ Zhèn | ꇑꎴꍔ | lup sho zhep | 513402106 |
| Yundian Town | 云甸镇 | Yúndiàn Zhèn | ꑴꄆꍔ | yip diep zhep | 513402107 |
| Xinfa Town | 新发镇 | Xīnfā Zhèn | ꑭꃔꍔ | xy fap zhep | 513402108 |
| Guanhe Town | 关河镇 | Guānhé Zhèn | ꇨꉼꍔ | guo hop zhep | 513402109 |
| Zhangguan Town | 彰冠镇 | Zhāngguàn Zhèn | ꍈꇨꍔ | zha guo zhep | 513402110 |
| Mugu Town | 木古镇 | Mùgǔ Zhèn | ꃆꇴꍔ | mup gu zhep | 513402111 |
| Liuhua Town | 六华镇 | Liùhuá Zhèn | ꇑꉸꍔ | lup huop zhep | 513402112 |
| Xiaoheiqing Town | 小黑箐镇 | Xiǎohēiqìng Zhèn | ꑦꉿꏿꍔ | xuo hep qip zhep | 513402113 |
| Townships ||||||
| Neidong Township | 内东乡 | Nèidōng Xiāng | ꇊꄏꑣ | lop do xie | 513402201 |
| Shubao Township | 树堡乡 | Shùbǎo Xiāng | ꎽꀦꑣ | shup box xie | 513402202 |
| Caoyuan Township | 槽元乡 | Cáoyuán Xiāng | ꊼꑼꑣ | cuop yuop xie | 513402204 |
| Ethnic township ||||||
| Xin'an Dai Ethnic Township | 新安傣族乡 | Xīn'ān Dǎizú Xiāng | ꑭꉢꄅꊥꑣ | xy nga die zup xie | 513402203 |

## 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 1,800 m (5,900 ft), although elevations range from 839 m (2,753 ft) along the Jinsha River to 3,920 m (12,860 ft) 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 (45.1 °F) in January to 21.1 °C (70.0 °F) in June, and the annual mean is 15.23 °C (59.4 °F). Over 60% of the 1,162 mm (45.7 in) 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.
Climate data for Huili, elevation 1,787 m (5,863 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.6 (88.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.8 (92.8) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 34.0 (93.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.3 (79.3) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.1 (66.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 22.5 (72.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | 10.4 (50.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −3.9 (25.0) | −3.6 (25.5) | 3.1 (37.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | −5.7 (21.7) | −5.7 (21.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.2 (0.44) | 7.6 (0.30) | 13.7 (0.54) | 23.8 (0.94) | 83.5 (3.29) | 201.7 (7.94) | 277.2 (10.91) | 215.4 (8.48) | 191.8 (7.55) | 89.4 (3.52) | 20.7 (0.81) | 4.4 (0.17) | 1,140.4 (44.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 17.7 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 12.3 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 123.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63 | 56 | 51 | 53 | 59 | 72 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 70 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 233.4 | 226.5 | 256.7 | 252.5 | 231.9 | 157.0 | 143.6 | 170.3 | 127.4 | 152.1 | 186.4 | 210.1 | 2,347.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 71 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 56 | 38 | 34 | 42 | 35 | 43 | 57 | 65 | 53 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||