Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording method in which an image is recorded on a recording medium using an ink jet recording apparatus equipped with a line head, wherein the line head comprises a plurality of recording element substrates each having a nozzle array comprised of a plurality of nozzles, which eject an aqueous ink, arranged in a predetermined direction, the recording element substrates being arranged in the predetermined direction such that each of the recording element substrates constitutes an overlapping portion at which a terminal portion of the recording element substrate is overlapped with a terminal portion of an adjacent recording element substrate in the predetermined direction, the method comprising:

• setting an average temperature To (° C.) of an aqueous ink ejected from an overlapping-portion nozzle included in the overlapping portion of the nozzle array and an average temperature Tc (° C.) of an aqueous ink ejected from a center-portion nozzle included in a center portion of the nozzle array so as to satisfy a relationship of Tc>To,
• wherein the aqueous ink is ejected from the overlapping-portion nozzles while the nozzles are allocated to an adjacent recording element substrate.