| Official Name: | Sankal سانكال |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Djibouti |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Djibouti |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name: | Djibouti |
| Subdivision Name1: | Dikhil |
| Coordinates: | 10.9725°N 42.2031°W |
| Elevation M: | 457 |
Sankal (Arabic: سانكال) is a village in southwestern Djibouti. It is situated about 24 kilometres (15 miles) southwestern of Dikhil and 1 km north of the border with Ethiopia.
Nearby towns and villages include Dikhil (26 km), Bondara (15 km) and As Eyla (12 km). The village inhabitants belong to various mainly Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the Issa Somali predominant.
Sankal has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh), with two main seasons. There is a short monsoonal wet season from July to September and a length dry season covering the rest of the year.