Melitopol Raion (Ukrainian: Мелітопольський район) is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Melitopol. Population: 276,638 (2022 estimate).

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Melitopol Raion was significantly expanded. The population was 48,191 (2020 est.).

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the raion has been occupied by Russia. Pro-Ukrainian partisans are very active in the area.

Subdivisions

The raion is divided into sixteen hromadas:

• Chakove rural hromada, with its center in Chkalove [uk]
• Kostiantynivka rural hromada, with its center in Kostiantynivka [uk]
• Kyrylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Kyrylivka
• Melitopol urban hromada, coterminous with the city Melitopol
• Myrne settlement hromada, with its center in Myrne
• Nove rural hromada, with its center in Nove
• Novobohdanivka rural hromada, with its center in Novobohdanivka [uk]
• Novouspenivka rural hromada, with its center in Novouspenivka
• Novovasylivka settlement hromada, with its center in Novovasylivka, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
• Oleksandrivka rural hromada, with its center in Oleksandrivka
• Plodorodne rural hromada, with its center in Plodorodne
• Pryazovske settlement hromada, with its center in Pryazovske
• Semenivka rural hromada, with its center in Semenivka
• Terpinnia rural hromada, with its center in Terpinnia
• Vesele settlement hromada, with its center in Vesele
• Yakymivka settlement hromada, with its center in Yakymivka