Yaouri is a village and rural commune in Matameye Department in Niger.

The neighbouring communes are Matameye to the north, Dogo to the east, Bande to the southeast, Kwaya to the south, Sassoumbroum to the southwest and Kourni to the west.

[1] The main town of the rural commune is the administrative village of Yaouri.

[3][4] Yaouri is home to Fula people subgroup of Daourawa, who mainly engage in agropastoralism.

[5] The community is located in the narrow zone along the border with Nigeria, stretching from Tounounga in the west to Malawa in the east, where irrigated agriculture for cash crops is practised.