As a coastal port city in eastern Guangdong province, Chaozhou shares borders with Zhao'an and Pinghe counties of Fujian province to the east, Jieyang's Jiedong district to the west, Fengshun and Dapu counties of Meizhou to the north, and the South China Sea to the south.
Located in the southeast of Guangdong province, Jieyang lies in the hinterland of the Chaoshan Plain. It touches Chaozhou and Shantou on the east, Shanwei on the west, the South China Sea on the south and Meizhou on the north.
Yunfu city is located in the mid-west of Guangdong province. It neighbors the cities of Zhaoqing, Foshan, Jiangmen, Yangjiang and Maoming in Guangdong, along with Wuzhou of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.