The invention provides a portable outdoor air conditioner and a control method thereof, wherein a battery assembly, a control device and a thermoelectric refrigeration unit are arranged in a casing of the outdoor air conditioner, and a human body surface temperature detection unit, an ambient temperature detection unit, The ambient humidity detection unit, the air outlet, the air inlet and the heat dissipation port, the cold end and the hot end of the thermoelectric refrigeration unit are arranged toward the air outlet and the heat dissipation port, respectively, and a dehumidification device using solid dehumidifying material is arranged below the air outlet. The battery assembly, the human body surface temperature detection unit, the ambient temperature detection unit and the ambient humidity detection unit are electrically connected, and the battery assembly is electrically connected with the thermoelectric refrigeration unit and the dehumidification device respectively. The outdoor air conditioner and the control method of the present invention can easily and effectively achieve the effect of local cooling and cooling in outdoor places, meet the thermal comfort requirements of the human body, avoid energy waste, and can automatically determine whether the dehumidifying material needs to be regenerated, so as to realize the regeneration of the dehumidifying material. .