The invention relates to a method for preparing 3,3-dimethyl butyraldehyde. The method comprises the following steps: (1) vacuumizing a closed reaction kettle, adding a dichloromethane solvent, dripping vinyl acetate, introducing a catalyst after dripping is ended, and introducing hydrogen chloride gas, so that the pressure reaches 0-1MPa, slowly dripping tert butyl chloride for reacting, removing excessive hydrogen chloride gas after the reaction is ended to obtain a distillation product, raising the temperature and distilling to obtain 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl butyl acetate; and (2) adding the 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl butyl acetate and water into the reaction kettle, controlling the temperature to be 120 DEG C, performing hydrolysis disproportionation on the 1-chloro-3,3-dimethyl butyl acetate to obtain a hydrolysis disproportionation reaction mixture containing 3,3-dimethyl butyraldehyde, and distilling and purifying to obtain the 3,3-dimethyl butyraldehyde. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the production cost is low, the production process is shortened, the reaction conditions are mild, the production safety is high, and the preparation method is simple in preparation process, easy to control, high in yield and safe.