The invention provides hoisting equipment and a hoisting method for external transportation of a super high-rise building. The hoisting equipment comprises mast lifting devices arranged pairwise; each mast lifting device comprises a fixed mast, an amplitude variable mast, a mast base, a hoisting connecting device, an amplitude variable adjustment hoist, an indoor traction hoist and a winch. The hoisting equipment is mounted, the winches are started to hoist a heavy object to an operation floor and to a place above the ground level of the operation floor, hand chains of the amplitude variable adjustment hoists are pulled, the amplitude variable masts are driven to rotate in the indoor direction and change amplitudes and drive the heavy object to move to the interior, after the gravity center of the heavy object is transferred to the interior, the heavy object is fixedly connected with the indoor traction hoists, hand chains of the indoor traction hoists are pulled and the heavy object is completely transferred to the interior, jack-up hoisting ropes are dismounted, and the heavy object is transported to other positions of the operation floor through a carrying tankette. The hoisting equipment is simple in structure, and can meet the hoisting requirements of floors at different heights and equipment in different sizes, particularly on the working condition that an outdoor site is narrow, the cost is saved, and the construction schedule is accelerated.