Automobile competition using public roads and ordinary traffic rules. The object is to maintain a specified average speed between checkpoints; the route is unknown to the driver and navigator until the start of the event. Such competition began in 1907 with a Beijing-to-Paris event (12,000 km [7,500 mi]). The Monte-Carlo rally began in 1911. The Dakar (Senegal) Rally (15,000 km [9,300 mi]) is considered one of the most grueling rally events.

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• a political rally, a demonstration, march, or parade
• a pep rally

Rally as a sports term can also refer to:

• Rallying (also known as rally racing), a category of motorsport
• Rally (tennis), a sequence of shots in tennis
• Rally obedience (also rally-O), a dog sport
• Rally point system is the system of scoring points in volleyball

Rally can also refer to:

• Rally (band), a Scottish Indie/Rock Band
• Rally's, the name of an American fast-food restaurant chain; see Checkers Drive-In
• Windows Rally, a network simplification technology produced by Microsoft