Cobos de Cerrato is a municipality in the province of Palencia, within the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located in the Cerrato district, a comarca that spans parts of the provinces of Palencia and Burgos.
The municipality is small and rural, with a population recorded as 139 inhabitants in the 2018 census conducted by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE). Like many villages in this part of Castile and León, it reflects the sparse settlement pattern typical of the region's countryside.
Its administrative status as a municipality places it under the local governance structures common to Spanish towns and villages, within the provincial framework of Palencia.