The invention provides a battery cooling structure for a new energy automobile, which is applied to the technical field of new energy automobile parts. A battery body (1) of the battery cooling structure for the new energy automobile is arranged in a battery shell (3); a water storage tank (2) communicates with a water inlet (6) of a cooling cavity (4) through a water outlet pipe (5); a water outlet (7) of the cooling cavity (4) communicates with a water inlet pipe (8) of the water storage tank (2); a water pump (9) is arranged on the water outlet pipe (5); and a temperature sensor (10) is arranged in the cooling cavity (4). According to the battery cooling structure for the new energy automobile, the structure is simple, and when a power battery of the new energy automobile works, the temperature of the power battery can be monitored and cooled reliably, and thus the power battery is guaranteed to work in a reliable temperature range all the time, the endurance mileage and the servicelife of the power battery are effectively prolonged, the non-working consumption of electric energy is avoided, and the overall performance of the new energy automobile is improved.