| Ayora | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Spain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valencia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Valle de Ayora |
| Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Requena |
| Coordinates: | 39.0583°N -1.0572°W |
| Elevation M: | 641 |
| Area Total Km2: | 446.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5187 |
| Population Demonym: | Ayorenses |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Spanish |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 46620 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | José Vicente Anaya Roig (2019-) |
| Leader Party: | PP |
Ayora (Aiora) is a municipality in the comarca of Valle de Ayora in the Valencian Community, Spain. It lies in the inland part of the Valencian Community on the border of the provinces of Albacete and Alicante.
The Valley of Ayora runs between the mountain ranges of Sierra Palomera and Mugrón to the west, and Cortes de Pallás and the Caroig Peak. Its landscape consists of numerous forest tracks crossing the valleys and bordering the mountains. It contains a number of tourist attractions: the Cave of Don Juan, the Ayora Castle, the Parish church of Our Lady of the Ascension, Hermitages, the Iberian town of the Castellar of Meca, Cave paintings (Cueva de La Vieja), La Hunde and the rivers Cabriel and Júcar.[2] The region contains a rich variety of fauna and flora and resembles a typical landscape of inland Mediterranean zones.
The gastronomy of Ayora include Gazpacho Ayorino, a local variety of gazpacho and local paellas which consist of a combination of a variety of seafood and animal meat such as chicken or rabbit.