Radøy is an island municipality in the Nordhordland district in Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality includes almost all of the island of Radøy plus many small surrounding islands. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Manger. Other villages in the municipality include Askeland, Austmarka, Bøvågen, Haugland, Sæbø, and Sletta.

The municipality of Radøy was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964, after a major municipal merger. The new municipality was constructed from parts of several different municipalities:

The municipality was named after the island on which it sits, Radøy. The Old Norse form of the island's name was (just) Röð. (The last element øy meaning "island" was added later.) The name is identical with the word röð for "row" or "ridge" (here in the sense "long island" sticking out of the ocean).

The coat-of-arms is from modern times; they were granted on 16 June 1991. The arms shows two black oarlocks on a yellow background. Oarlocks are on the gunwale of a boat and they support the oar and give force to the rower's stroke. Some of these objects have been found in several places in Radøy and the artifacts date back to the first century BC. The designer of the arms was Even Jarl Skoglund.

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Radøy. It is part of the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

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