Abstract: Based on the Landsat 8 remote-sensing data of the Jinjing Catchment, typical of the subtropics of China, evapotranspiration (ET) in the catchment on 4 days, typical of the four seasons, was estimated separately, using the SEBS model. Results show that the mean and the upper bound of 90% quantile of ET was estimated to be 2.69 and 4.14 mm on the spring day (May 12, 2013), 2.73 and 5.41 mm on the summer day (July 31, 2013), 2.75 and 5.78 mm on the autumn day (September 17, 2013), and 1.33 and 3.25 mm on the winter day (January 23, 2014), respectively. To study variation of the distribution of ET as affected by land use, statistics were done of ETs varying with type of land use, exhibiting a decreasing order of water body(4.21±2.63) mm·d^-1> paddy field(2.67±1.49) mm·d^-1 >wood land and tea garden(2.06±1.35) mm·d^-1 >highway and residential land(1.17±1.14) mm·d^-1. Pearson correlation analysis shows that ET was significantly related (r=0.34-0.63, P<0.05) to normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) on the four typical days. Besides, remote-sensing based estimation of ET was quite consistent with that using the Penman-Monteith equation or the eddy correlation method, and the values acquired in field observation, which suggests that the SEBS model is applicable to estimation of ET in the Jinjing Catchment.