The invention discloses a method for preparing 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorophenylcarbinol. The preparation method comprises the following steps: using 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorocyanobenzene as an initial raw material, introducing hydrogen in an organic solvent containing acid, and hydrogenating and reducing the raw material under the action of a catalyst at normal temperature of 70 DEG C and normal pressure of 30atm to obtain 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorobenzylamine salt; and diazotizing the obtained 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorobenzylamine salt and nitrite in an aqueous solution containing acid at a temperature of between 45 and 70 DEG C, then heating to a temperature of between 70 and 100 DEG C to carry out hydrolysis reaction, and after fully reacting, separating and drying the reaction liquid to obtain the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentafluorophenylcarbinol. The method has the advantages that the product prepared by the method has high purity, and the total yield is more than 83 percent; the raw material cost is low, and the used solvent and catalyst can be recycled, so as to reduce pollution to environment; and diazotization and hydrolysis reaction are finished in one reactor in the whole reaction process, so the method has fewer steps, comparatively moderate conditions and simple operation, and is preferably applied to industrialized production.