The invention discloses a method for obtaining a resident travel characteristic parameter based on mobile phone positioning data. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) collecting mobile phone positioning data; (2) filtering the mobile phone positioning data, matching the mobile phone positioning data to traffic zones, and obtaining the matched mobile phone positioning data; (3) using users as units, ordering the matched mobile phone positioning data in one day by time, merging the continuous data in the same one traffic zone into one piece, and obtaining mobile phone positioning pretreatment data; (4) according to the number of emerged pieces and influence duration, judging residing points, restoring a travel path between two residing points, and obtaining the travel distance and the travel speed, and then obtaining a travel log table of all users; (5) on the basis of the matched mobile phone positioning data, statistically obtaining a place of residence and workplace result table; and (6) and conjointly analyzing the travel log table and the place of residence and workplace result table, and obtaining resident travel characteristic parameters. The method has the characteristics of low cost, large sample quantity, high precision and high time validity.