Metlili (Arabic: متليلي) is a town and commune, and capital of Métlili District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.

They migrated from Arabia (south of Medina) along with the Banu Hilal tribe in the year 975 AD to Northern Egypt and then in about 1051 AD to north Africa: Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco.

Metlili lies at an elevation of about 500 metres (1,600 ft) in a valley running from northwest to southeast between arid, rocky hills.

Metlili lies on the N107, a road which connects Noumerat Airport near Ghardaïa in the east to El Bayadh to the northwest.

A local road leads south from the town to Sebseb.