A measuring method and device before different-frequency handover of a user terminal is provided. The measuring method before different-frequency handover of a user terminal in this embodiment comprises: receiving spectrum information from a non-serving base station, the spectrum information comprising the receiving power of the non-serving base station, and the receiving power of the non-serving base station being the intensity of a sending signal of the user terminal received by the non-serving base station, which is measured by the non-serving base station; obtaining the transmitting power of the user terminal; and when it is judged that the difference between the transmitting power of the user terminal and the receiving power of the non-serving base station is less than a preset threshold, sending a measurement instruction to the user terminal so as to indicate the user terminal to measure the non-serving base station.