| Ranai Kota | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | South China Sea#Indonesia Riau Islands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South China Sea##Location in the Riau Islands |
| Coordinates: | 3.9333°N 131°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Indonesia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
| Subdivision Name2: | Natuna Regency |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | East Bunguran |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | mid 2023 estimate |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8735 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Indonesia Western Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +7 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post code |
| Postal Code: | 29783 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | (+62) 773 |
Ranai Kota is the administrative capital of the Natuna Regency archipelago in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. It has one airport and can be reached by boat. It is located on Bunguran (or Natuna) Island, in East Bunguran District (kecamatan Bunguran Timur), which had a population of 29,080 in mid 2023,[2] of whom 8,735 lived in Ranai Kota.
There is a hospital, Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Natuna (RSUD Natuna) located on Jalan Ali Murtopo.
Raden Sadjad Airport located in Ranai Kota serves flights to Batam and Tanjungpinang.
Ranai Kota also has a port, its name is Port of Penagi.[3]
Ranai Kota has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
A couple of mosques exist, some being the Nurul Falah Mosque and the Ibnu Salim Mosque. Ranai Kota also has several churches, located not far from the downtown and also airport.