The invention discloses a pH (potential of hydrogen) value predicting method of a BP (back propagation) neutral network based on a simulated annealing (SA) algorithm optimization. The pH value predicting method comprises the following steps: step one, selecting a sample according to a sample selecting strategy and inputting; step two, according to the BP theorem, determining the structure of the BP neutral network; step three, according to a network training strategy, applying the simulated annealing algorithm to optimize the BP network weight parameter; training the BP network by using the input sample, and determining the optimal weight and optimal hidden node number of the BP network; step four, according to the well trained BP neutral network, structuring a predicting model of the pH value. The pH value predicting method overcomes the randomness of the BP network in terms of weight selection, improves the rate of convergence and study ability of the BP neutral network. Besides, the method optimizes the selection of the training sample and the network hidden neutral element number, and improves the generalization ability of the BP neutral network. Moreover, the pH value predicting method is high in predicting accuracy of pH value and good in nonlinear fitting ability.