The invention discloses a pneumatic valve positioner for a pneumatic diaphragm control valve and a positioning method, and belongs to the field of control valves and valve positioners. The problem that according to the pneumatic diaphragm control valve, a valve rod is positioned inaccurately due to the fact that friction force between the valve rod and filler is large is solved. The pneumatic valve positioner is composed of an air pressure transducer, a lever, a range spring, a feedback cam pivot, a feedback cam, an oscillating bar, an oscillating bar pivot, a feedback rod, a rolling wheel, a feedback spring, a regulating spring, a baffle, a nozzle, a lever pivot, a barometric amplifier, the pneumatic diaphragm control valve, a diaphragm air chamber and a valve rod. The positioning method comprises the steps that 1, air pressure is connected to the air pressure transducer; 2, the positioner is regulated by means of the moment balance principle; 3, the valve rod is positioned at the fixed position. Accurate positioning is achieved between an input air pressure signal and displacement of the valve rod of the pneumatic diaphragm control valve can be achieved.