We have demonstrated a combined surface modification and heteroatom doping approach to enhance the sensing performances of RGO-based room-temperature NO2 sensors, where SnO2 nanoparticles modified nitrogen-doped RGO (SnO2/N-RGO) hybrids had been used as sensing materials. The sensor based on SnO2/N-RGO hybrids exhibits better sensing performances toward NO2 operated at room temperature than those of pure RGO and SnO2/RGO hybrids. The SnO2/N-RGO hybrids show response of 1.38–5 ppm NO2 with the response time and recovery time of 45 s and 168 s. The excellent sensing performances are attributed to incorporation of N atoms into RGO and the modification of RGO with SnO2 NPs.