The invention discloses a method and a device for controlling household equipment and belongs to the technical field of intelligent household equipment. The method for controlling the household equipment includes that acquiring the current geographical location information of a terminal; judging whether a preset correspondence comprises the geographical location information; when the preset correspondence comprises the geographical location information, acquiring control information corresponding to the geographical location information according to the preset correspondence; controlling the running state of the household equipment according to the control information corresponding to the geographical location information. According to the method and device for controlling the household equipment, through presetting the preset correspondence between the geographical location information and the control information used for controlling the running state of the household equipment, when the terminal arrives at the preset geographical location, the corresponding control information is acquired according to the preset correspondence, and the running state of the household equipment is controlled according to the control information. A user does not need to manually trigger the control operation for the household equipment at each time, the operation is easy and convenient to perform, and the flexibility is strong.