Prokhladnensky District (Russian: Прохла́дненский райо́н; Kabardian: Прохладнэ къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Прохладна район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 1,342 square kilometers (518 sq mi).

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prokhladnensky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its forty-one rural localities.

[1] The town of Prokhladny serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[3] The town of republic significance of Prokhladny is incorporated separately from the district as Prokhladny Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.