Kootingal is a town in New South Wales, Australia in the Tamworth Regional Council area.

It is an agricultural based town, with lucerne, fruit, vegetable, chicken and egg farms.

Kootingal is located on the northern bank of a bend in the Cockburn River.

Kootingal is located between the villages of Moonbi to the north and Nemingha to the south.

Trains no longer continue all the way to the Queensland border, but the town is still served twice daily by the NSW TrainLink Xplorer service between Sydney and Armidale in both directions.