In the surface-coated cutting tool, the hard coating layer includes at least an (Al, Cr, Si, Cu)N layer, which is composed of a main phase, CrSi-rich particles and Al-rich particles dispersed in the main phase. By (Al 1‑α‑β‑γ Cr α Si β Cu γ ) 1‑x N x In the case of the composition of the main phase, CrSi-rich particles and Al-rich particles, the main phase satisfies 0.15≤α≤0.40, 0.05≤β≤0.20, 0.005≤γ≤0.05, 0.45≤x≤0.60, and the The CrSi-rich particles satisfy 0.20≤α≤0.55, 0.20≤β≤0.55, 0≤γ≤0.10, 0.02≤x≤0.35, and the Al-rich particles satisfy 0.10≤α≤0.25, 0.05≤β≤0.25, 0≤γ≤ 0.10, 0.02≤x≤0.35, where α, β, γ, and x are atomic ratios, and the area ratio of CrSi-rich particles in the upper layer cross section when observing particles with a long diameter of 100 nm or more in the upper layer cross section 0.20 area % to 2.0 area %, and the area ratio of the Al-rich particles in the cross section of the upper layer is 0.50 area % to 3.0 area %.