The invention discloses a method and device for establishing a photovoltaic cell simulation model considering local shading. The method comprises the steps of obtaining standard parameters of a photovoltaic cell; determining equivalent series resistance, equivalent parallel resistance, P-N junction effect current and P-N junction effect reverse saturation current of the photovoltaic cell simulation model according to the standard parameters of the photovoltaic cell; according to the standard parameters, the equivalent series resistance, the equivalent parallel resistance, photo-generated current, the P-N junction effect current, the P-N junction effect reverse saturation current and an avalanche breakdown voltage, determining output load current of the photovoltaic cell simulation model; based on the equivalent series resistance, the equivalent parallel resistance, equivalent diode P-N junction direction saturation current and the output load current, establishing the photovoltaic cellsimulation model considering the local shading; the equivalent parallel resistance is connected in parallel with a reverse current source, and a bypass diode is connected in parallel between the positive and negative electrodes of a photovoltaic cell assembly. The device is used for implementing the method.