The invention discloses a device for detecting the gas distribution characteristics of a limited space, and relates to the technical field of limited space gas distribution detection. The device comprises a cylinder body and gas measuring equipment. The upper port of the cylinder body is provided with a top cover, the cylinder body is provided with a scale, the top cover is provided with a circular operation hole, and a plurality of measurement holes are equidistantly distributed in the side wall of the cylinder body in the vertical direction. The gas measuring equipment comprises a gas measuring instrument, a fixing clamp, a sliding rail, a remote control motor, a spool and a nylon wire, the sliding rail is arranged in the cylinder body, the gas measuring instrument is installed on the fixing clamp, the fixing clamp is slidably connected to the sliding rail, the remote control motor is installed on the top cover, the spool is installed on a motor shaft of the remote control motor, andthe two ends of the nylon wire are connected with the wire spool and the fixing clamp respectively. The device is low in manufacturing cost, is not affected by factors such as time, places and equipment, can enable students to have visual understanding of the gas distribution characteristics of a limited space, improves the training efficiency of the students, has three measurement modes, and canbe suitable for different gas measurement instruments.