Tambora may refer to:
- In music:
- Tanpura, an instrument used in Indian classical music for continuous production of consonating reference notes (tonic)
- Tambora (Dominican drum), an Afro-Caribbean percussion instrument
- Tambora (Argentinian drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Bolivian drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Colombian drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Mexican drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambora (Venezuelan drum), a percussion instrument
- Tambour (guitar technique) can also be spelled tambora
- In geography:
- Mount Tambora, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa
- Tambora, Jakarta, a subdistrict of West Jakarta
- Tambora, Tambora, an administrative village of the subdistrict
- Tambora culture, an unidentified village and associated culture on Sumbawa, destroyed by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
- See also: tambour