The present invention belongs to the technical field of detection and specifically relates to a group body temperature detection system and method, and aim to improve efficiency and safety of group body temperature detection, detect occurrence and prevalence of infectious diseases with abnormal body temperatures in time, provide effective auxiliary decisions for medical institutions, government departments, enterprises, etc., and provide strong supports for controlling spread of the infectious diseases. The group body temperature detection system comprises: infrared body temperature detectiondevices, a cloud server and a group body temperature monitoring platform. The infrared body temperature detection device is used to collect infrared thermal images, visible light images, positions, speeds and other information of group pedestrians, body temperatures of the group pedestrians are calculated and projected on a display module, prompt signals are sent to the pedestrians with abnormal body temperatures, the abnormal body temperatures, images, positions and other information are transmitted to the cloud server to be matched with profile photos, ID numbers and other information of thegroup pedestrians, and health files of the pedestrians are established, updated and stored.