Abstract: This study aims to analyze and test empirically the influence of the principal's leadership/headmaster on emotional intelligence on school climate in YPPK Senior High School in Jayapura City, Papua Province-Indonesia. This research approach uses quantitative descriptive with correlational research types. Therefore, a relatively small population of 80 teachers, saturated samples were used and those that met the requirements of 77 respondents. Data filtering uses a closed questionnaire likert model interval scale. Data analysis techniques used parametric inferential statistics (simple linear regression) with the help of SPSS Version 20.0 Software. The results of this study indicate that the leadership of principals based on emotional intelligence has a significant positive effect on the climate of schools in Jayapura City Papua YPPK High School. This is evidenced by a significant value of 0.00<0.005. The amount of influence is 63.3% (high category). This means that the higher the level of leadership of the principal based on emotional intelligence, the higher the influence on the school climate. Based on these findings, it can be recommended that the leadership of the principal based on emotional intelligence needs to be implemented in various leadership activities in general and the education unit in particular in creating a conducive school climate. In addition the development of the substance of the educational leadership curriculum and organizational behavior in the Institute of Educational Personnel Educators or the Teaching and Education Faculty and sustainable professional development through various activities such as the principal working group (K3S) and the school supervisory working group (K2PS).