The invention provides a method for determining the staggered distance between dual coal seam upper-lower simultaneous mining working faces in the propelling direction, and belongs to the technical field of coal mining. The method comprises the steps that the ideal staggered distance range is found out and obtained; according to the ideal staggered distance range, an ultimate bearing capacity computational formula during plastic slip of rock and soil is utilized to obtain a computational formula of the maximum depth H of an upper coal seam bottom plate destruction region under the ultimate bearing pressure condition, and thus a computational formula of the maximum horizontal distance L of an upper coal seam bottom plate broken rock stratum is obtained; a pressure-stabilizing mechanical model and a pressure-reducing mechanical model for the propelling direction of upper-lower coal seam working face simultaneous mining of dual coal seam mining are established, thus the maximumhorizontal distance of the upper coal seam bottom plate broken rock stratum, the bottom plate stress transfer angle and the spacing between an upper coal seam and a lower coal seam are obtained, and acomputational formula of the staggered distance in the pressure-stabilizing propelling direction and the pressure-reducing propelling direction is determined; and the computational result in the step3 is corrected. According to the method, the mine pressure strength of the lower coal seam working face and the earth surface damage degree during simultaneous mining of the dual coal seam superposition regions can be effectively lowered, and efficient and environment-friendly mining of the dual coal seams is achieved.