[Objective] The study aims to evaluate the urban human settlements environment in Shannxi Province and provide a theoretical support for improving urban living environment quality and sustainable development of cities. [Methods] Taking 10 cities of Shaanxi Province as cases, we developed an evaluation system for living environment quality, and used the coupling coordination degree model to analyze the coupling coordination degree in the four subsystems, studied the temporal and spatial variations in human settlement environment in 10 cities from 2003 to 2013 in Shaanxi Province.[Results] (1) In general, the living environment quality was increasing but falling in some local areas from 2003 to 2013. (2) The quality of urban human settlements environment was spatially uneven. It was higher in Guanzhong plain while it was lower in Southern Shaanxi Province. (3) In terms of coupling coordination degree, the coupling coordination degree and coupling degree in the four subsystems of the living environment had increased but the coupling coordination degree was lagging behind the coupling degree. [Conclusion] The development of urban human settlements environment is uneven in Shaanxi Province, the provincial capital city and its neighboring urban area developed well, while urban human settlements environment developed slowly in Southern Shaanxi Province. More attention should be paid to the balanced development across different cities.