An object of the present invention is to provide an ink-jet recording medium and a manufacturing method thereof exhibiting excellent outdoor durability, high gloss, and high image quality, accompanied with excellent cockling resistance. Also disclosed is an ink-jet recording medium possessing a support made of cellulose pulp as a component, having surface roughness Ra of at least 0.05 μm and at most 0.20 μm when a reference length is 4 mm, and a cut-off value is 0.8 mm, a layer formed by coating a coating solution containing a resin dissolved in an organic solvent, provided on the support, and an ink-absorbing layer is provided on the layer formed by coating the coating solution containing the resin dissolved in the organic solvent.