Provided is an ink jet recording medium including a substrate a porous layer containing one of a dry-process silica and an alumina hydrate and a silica layer containing spherical colloidal silica particles having a particle size of 105 nm or more and 200 nm or less. The porous layer and the silica layer are formed on the substrate in this order. The porous layer is covered by the spherical colloidal silica particles at a coverage of 40% or more and 75% or less.