The monomeric title nickel(II) complex of a salicylaldimine, [Ni(C(20)H(14)N(2)O(4))]·2CH(3)OH, was obtained by the reaction of 2,4-dihydroxy-benzaldehyde and 1,2-phenyl-enediamine with nickel(II) acetate. The Ni(II) atom is coordinated by two N atoms [Ni-N = 1.839 (2) Å] and two O atoms [Ni-O = 1.8253 (19) Å] in an approximately square-planar geometry. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into a chain along [001].