The invention relates to an urban traffic particulate matter emission estimation method. The urban traffic particulate matter emission estimation method includes the following steps that satellite images are selected and processed, an urban road network is processed through remote sensing interpretation, the dust load coefficients of urban roads are measured, a traffic particulate matter emission factor is calculated through simulation, and the traffic particulate matter emission is measured and calculated. The urban traffic particulate matter emission estimation method has the advantages that through the method, the remote sensing technology and the ground on-site monitoring and simulation analysis technology can be effectively combined; through the remote sensing technology, the characteristics of the urban traffic road network under different spatial and temporal scales can be fast and accurately acquired, and the defect that the overall conditions of the particulate matter emission of the road network cannot be reflected at fixed points on the ground can be compensated for. The advantages of high update, wide range, strong objectivity and the like of remote sensing are combined with the ground on-site monitoring and simulation analysis technology, for traffic particulate matter, the urban traffic particulate matter emission can be estimated, and first-hand data can be provided for control over the total amount of air pollutant emission.