TAL or Tal may refer to:

• TAL effector, a family of DNA binding proteins with high sequence specificity
• Tyrosine ammonia lyase, an enzyme
• Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport (IATA code: TAL), in Tanana, Alaska
• Terai Arc Landscape, a trans-border protected ecosystem of Nepal and India
• The Alberta Library
• This American Life, radio and television programs
• Transalpine Pipeline, a crude oil pipeline
• TAL – Transportes Aéreos Ltda, original name of TAC – Transportes Aéreos Catarinense, a Brazilian airline
• Tower Australia Life, an insurance company in Australia, owned by Dai-ichi Life
• Transitional administrative law of Iraq, see Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period
• Transoceanic Abort Landing for the Space Shuttle

Taala, Taal or Taalantainmah (Sanskrit tala, literally a "clap"), is the term used in Indian classical music for the rhythmic pattern of any composition and for the entire subject of rhythm, roughly corresponding to metre in Western music, though closer conceptual equivalents are to be found in the older system of rhythmic mode and its relations with the "foot" of classical poetry, or with other Asian classical systems such as the notion of usul in the theory of Ottoman/Turkish music.