Matai may refer to:
- Matai (Maucatar), a city and suco in East Timor
- Matai, Egypt, a city in the governorate of Al Minya in Egypt
- Matai, Tanzania, a town and administrative seat of Kalambo District, Tanzania
- Prumnopitys taxifolia, a tree endemic to New Zealand
- HMNZS Matai (T01), a Royal New Zealand Navy ship
- Matai, a chief in the fa'amatai system of the Samoa Islands