The title compound crystallizes as the monohydrate, [Co(SeO3)(NH3)(4)]NO3. H2O. The crystallographic mirror symmetry coincides with the molecular symmetry; the mirror plane passes through the cation, anion and water molecule. The CoN4O2 octahedron is distorted, with the selenito group acting as a bidentate ligand through two bridging O atoms to the cobalt. The coordinated Se-O distance is 1.742 (2) Angstrom, whereas the uncoordinated Se-O distance is 1.646 (3) Angstrom. A three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network exists between [Co(SeO3)(NH3)(4)]NO3 and the water molecule. The nitrate anion and water molecule form open pores in the structure when hydrogen bonded to two neighboring [Co(SeO3)(NH3)(4)](+) cations. Selenium participates in two types of relatively close intermolecular interactions with neighboring charged species (Se ... N1 and Se ... O3), but does not participate in an interaction with a neighboring O2 atom, the nearest contact distance being 4.638 (3) Angstrom.