It is under the administration of Tongliao City, 150 kilometres (93 mi), and the China National Highway 304 passes through the area.

Jarud Banner is made up of 7 towns, 8 sums, and 4 farm and pasture areas.

Jarud Banner has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with very cold and dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring.

The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.2 °C (10.0 °F) in January to 24.1 °C (75.4 °F) in July, with the annual mean at 7.06 °C (44.7 °F).

There are 2,883 hours of bright sunshine annually, with each of the winter months having over two-thirds of the possible total, and this percentage falling to 54 in July.