The invention discloses an Arduino-based intelligent home environment monitoring system comprising a monitoring sensing module, an Arduino UNO central control platform module, an infrared module, a WiFi module, a relay module, a cloud server module, a database module, a browser module and a home device. The monitoring sensing module includes a human body infrared sensor, a temperature and humidity sensor, an illuminance sensor, a gas sensor, a smoke sensor, and a voice recognition module. The infrared module includes an infrared receiving module and an infrared transmitting module. And the home device includes a humidifier, an air conditioning unit, a smart light bulb, an electric curtain and an exhaust fan. In addition, the invention also discloses an Arduino-based intelligent home environment monitoring method. A data analysis and comparison part is integrated to the Arduino UNO central control platform module and data storage and displaying are performed by using a cloud server, so that the cost of environmental monitoring system development is lowered and the system response is accelerated and thus the system data transmission delay is low. Therefore, an objective of controlling the indoor environment timely is achieved.