A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle equipped with a drive-source automatic stopping unit for automatically stopping the drive source when prescribed automatic-stopping conditions are met, and an electric oil pump driven while the drive source is automatically stopped, the vehicle control device being provided with: a drive-prohibited-interval calculation unit for calculating a drive-prohibited interval for the electric oil pump on the basis of the amount of heat emitted by the electric oil pump, and a drive-prohibiting unit for prohibiting the driving of the electric oil pump from the time the driving of the electric oil pump is completed until the drive-prohibited interval elapses.