Cudal (/ˈkjuːdæl/ KEW-dal) is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people.

Cudal is in the Cabonne Shire Council local government area, 296 kilometres (184 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney.

Platypodes are common in the Boree Creek, giving Cudal the catchline 'home of the platypus' on signs entering the town.

Cudal is surrounded by fertile basalt soils, the result of lava flows from Gaanha Bula Mount Canobolas, 30 kilometres to the east.

Major Thomas Mitchell left on his exploration of inland Australia from the historic homestead Boree Cabonne near Cudal in 1835.

One was the 1860s free selection laws of New South Wales, allowing people to move to newer areas of the colony.

As a mid way point between Orange and Canowindra and Eugowra, it was a place to rest, see to horses and stay safe from bushrangers.

Cudal is located on The Escort Way, an important road within NSW for the transport of gold from the diggings to the main commercial centres.

The store was designed to offer for sale to the people of Cudal and district all the goods one would need from drapery to foods to tools.

This is the bottling and cellar facility for wine marques including "Rolling" (served on Qantas), "Climbing", and "Six Hundred Above".

It also has 8 million litres of wine storage capacity, mostly in an underground barrel hall carved into the area's volcanic stone.

NSW TrainLink has regular coach services through the town, connecting Cudal with Orange, Cootamundra (for Melbourne), Forbes, and Sydney.