diff --git a/uxarray/core/dataarray.py b/uxarray/core/dataarray.py
index 62536ce38..df64b6f65 100644
--- a/uxarray/core/dataarray.py
+++ b/uxarray/core/dataarray.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Hashable, Literal
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Optional, Hashable, Literal
 
+from uxarray.constants import GRID_DIMS
 from uxarray.formatting_html import array_repr
 
 from html import escape
@@ -971,8 +972,6 @@ def isel(self, ignore_grid=False, *args, **kwargs):
         > uxda.subset(n_node=[1, 2, 3])
         """
 
-        from uxarray.constants import GRID_DIMS
-
         if any(grid_dim in kwargs for grid_dim in GRID_DIMS) and not ignore_grid:
             # slicing a grid-dimension through Grid object
 
@@ -1029,3 +1028,117 @@ def _slice_from_grid(self, sliced_grid):
             dims=self.dims,
             attrs=self.attrs,
         )
+
+    def neighborhood_filter(
+        self,
+        func: Callable = np.mean,
+        r: float = 1.0,
+    ) -> UxDataArray:
+        """Apply neighborhood filter
+        Parameters:
+        -----------
+        func: Callable, default=np.mean
+            Apply this function to neighborhood
+        r : float, default=1.
+            Radius of neighborhood. For spherical coordinates, the radius is in units of degrees,
+            and for cartesian coordinates, the radius is in meters.
+        Returns:
+        --------
+        destination_data : np.ndarray
+            Filtered data.
+        """
+
+        if self._face_centered():
+            data_mapping = "face centers"
+        elif self._node_centered():
+            data_mapping = "nodes"
+        elif self._edge_centered():
+            data_mapping = "edge centers"
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Data_mapping is not face, node, or edge. Could not define data_mapping."
+            )
+
+        # reconstruct because the cached tree could be built from
+        # face centers, edge centers or nodes.
+        tree = self.uxgrid.get_ball_tree(coordinates=data_mapping, reconstruct=True)
+
+        coordinate_system = tree.coordinate_system
+
+        if coordinate_system == "spherical":
+            if data_mapping == "nodes":
+                lon, lat = (
+                    self.uxgrid.node_lon.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.node_lat.values,
+                )
+            elif data_mapping == "face centers":
+                lon, lat = (
+                    self.uxgrid.face_lon.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.face_lat.values,
+                )
+            elif data_mapping == "edge centers":
+                lon, lat = (
+                    self.uxgrid.edge_lon.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.edge_lat.values,
+                )
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Invalid data_mapping. Expected 'nodes', 'edge centers', or 'face centers', "
+                    f"but received: {data_mapping}"
+                )
+
+            dest_coords = np.vstack((lon, lat)).T
+
+        elif coordinate_system == "cartesian":
+            if data_mapping == "nodes":
+                x, y, z = (
+                    self.uxgrid.node_x.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.node_y.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.node_z.values,
+                )
+            elif data_mapping == "face centers":
+                x, y, z = (
+                    self.uxgrid.face_x.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.face_y.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.face_z.values,
+                )
+            elif data_mapping == "edge centers":
+                x, y, z = (
+                    self.uxgrid.edge_x.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.edge_y.values,
+                    self.uxgrid.edge_z.values,
+                )
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Invalid data_mapping. Expected 'nodes', 'edge centers', or 'face centers', "
+                    f"but received: {data_mapping}"
+                )
+
+            dest_coords = np.vstack((x, y, z)).T
+
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid coordinate_system. Expected either 'spherical' or 'cartesian', but received {coordinate_system}"
+            )
+
+        neighbor_indices = tree.query_radius(dest_coords, r=r)
+
+        # Construct numpy array for filtered variable.
+        destination_data = np.empty(self.data.shape)
+
+        # Assert last dimension is a GRID dimension.
+        assert self.dims[-1] in GRID_DIMS, (
+            f"expected last dimension of uxDataArray {self.data.dims[-1]} "
+            f"to be one of {GRID_DIMS}"
+        )
+        # Apply function to indices on last axis.
+        for i, idx in enumerate(neighbor_indices):
+            if len(idx):
+                destination_data[..., i] = func(self.data[..., idx])
+
+        # Construct UxDataArray for filtered variable.
+        uxda_filter = self._copy()
+
+        uxda_filter.data = destination_data
+
+        return uxda_filter
diff --git a/uxarray/core/dataset.py b/uxarray/core/dataset.py
index 23843f9ee..21fc8f76a 100644
--- a/uxarray/core/dataset.py
+++ b/uxarray/core/dataset.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 
 import sys
 
-from typing import Optional, IO
+from typing import Callable, Optional, IO
 
+from uxarray.constants import GRID_DIMS
 from uxarray.grid import Grid
 from uxarray.core.dataarray import UxDataArray
 
@@ -337,3 +338,38 @@ def to_array(self) -> UxDataArray:
 
         xarr = super().to_array()
         return UxDataArray(xarr, uxgrid=self.uxgrid)
+
+    def neighborhood_filter(
+        self,
+        func: Callable = np.mean,
+        r: float = 1.0,
+    ):
+        """Neighborhood function implementation for ``UxDataset``.
+        Parameters
+        ---------
+        func : Callable = np.mean
+            Apply this function to neighborhood
+        r : float, default=1.
+            Radius of neighborhood. For spherical coordinates, the radius is in units of degrees,
+            and for cartesian coordinates, the radius is in meters.
+        """
+
+        destination_uxds = self._copy()
+        # Loop through uxDataArrays in uxDataset
+        for var_name in self.data_vars:
+            uxda = self[var_name]
+
+            # Skip if uxDataArray has no GRID dimension.
+            grid_dims = [dim for dim in uxda.dims if dim in GRID_DIMS]
+            if len(grid_dims) == 0:
+                continue
+
+            # Put GRID dimension last for UxDataArray.neighborhood_filter.
+            remember_dim_order = uxda.dims
+            uxda = uxda.transpose(..., grid_dims[0])
+            # Filter uxDataArray.
+            uxda = uxda.neighborhood_filter(func, r)
+            # Restore old dimension order.
+            destination_uxds[var_name] = uxda.transpose(*remember_dim_order)
+
+        return destination_uxds