A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating film provided on a surface of the base material, wherein the coating film includes a first alternating layer provided on the base material and a second alternating layer provided on the first alternating layer, the first alternating layer includes A and B layers, the second alternating layer includes C and D layers, each of one or plurality of the A layers is composed of a nitride or carbonitride of AlaCrbM1(1-a-b), each of one or plurality of the B layers is composed of a nitride or carbonitride of AlcTidM2(1-c-d), each of one or plurality of the C layers is composed of a nitride or carbonitride of TieSifM3(1-e-f), and each of one or plurality of the D layers is composed of a nitride or carbonitride of TigSihM4(1-g-h).