Arbela may refer to:
- An important city of ancient Mesopotamia, the modern city of Arbil in northern Iraq.
- An important city in ancient Jordan, located on the site of modern Irbid, Jordan
- Ancient Jewish settlement in Galilee, near the modern moshav Arbel, Israel.
- The "Battle of Arbela" fought in 331 BC, called by modern historians the Battle of Gaugamela
- Arbela Township, Michigan