Ecosystems provide a multitude of services that are fundamental to the well-being, livelihood, health, and survival of humans. A comprehensive understanding of the spatiotemporal features of Ecosystem Services Value (ESV) is necessary for appropriate land use and land management in metropolitan areas. Based on this research, methods of quantitative analysis could be considerably improved. Considering Wuhan as an example, we classified Landsat TM/ETM+ images into developed land, unused land, arable land, garden plots, forests, and water by using a maximum likelihood analysis, and calculated the ESV per unit area. Based on spatial distributional maps of ESV, we introduced a gradient analysis and set gradient circles and belt transects to analyze the spatiotemporal features of ESV. The main conclusions were 1) the amount of ESV decreased by 268 million RMB from 2000 to 2010; 2) based on the gradient circles analysis, ESV decreased within the north 3^rd to 5^th ring road (corresponding to 12-30 km from the urban center) and south 3^rd to 4^th ring road (corresponding to 12-24 km from the urban center), whereas ESV increased within the north 8^th ring and south 7^th ring;3) based on the belt transects analysis, the change rate of ESV showed a symmetrical W-shape pattern latitudinally, whereas longitudinally, it was partitioned into four sections based on theamplitude of the ESV change rate. Overall, northern Wuhan demonstrated more changeability in ESV than the southern area.