The invention discloses a method for calculating a maximum voltage withstanding position of a zero load high voltage power cable. The method comprises the following steps: resistance per unit length, inductance, capacitance and admittance parameters of a cable loop are calculated according to cable structure parameters; an attenuation coefficient and a phase position coefficient per unit length of the cable are calculated based on the resistance, inductance, capacitance and admittance parameters; the attenuation coefficient and the phase position coefficient are applied to a sine wave function, a sine wave propagation function is built, a calculating model for maximum voltage withstanding capability of all points along the cable is built via a sine wave propagation rule based on the sine wave propagation function, and the maximum voltage withstanding position of the cable can be calculated. The method can help solve a problem that currently no method for calculating the maximum voltage withstanding position of the zero load high voltage power cable is available; analysis guidance can be provided for cable transient breakdown faults in high voltage power frequency operation, variable frequency voltage withstanding tests, damping oscillatory wave tests and the like in a long distance zero load cable line; a data basis can be provided for fault cable line breakdown accident simulation tests.