Provided by the present disclosure are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel has a display area, the display area has an irregular boundary and includes a main display area and a transition display area between the main display area and the irregular boundary; the display area includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array along a row direction and a column direction, each sub-pixel in the transition display area has a light-shielding block, and an area of the light-shielding block is smaller than an area of the sub-pixel; the transition display area is divided into a first area, a second area and a third area successively disposed in sequence along an extension direction of the irregular boundary; in the first area and the third area, each sub-pixel includes one light-shielding block, and the light-shielding block in each sub-pixel is provided close to the irregular boundary.