A driving control method compares, in a vehicle capable of switching manual driving to run the vehicle according to driving operations of an occupant and automated driving to automatically run the vehicle from one to another, occupant's driving characteristics of manual driving in a present trip of the vehicle with reference driving characteristics stored in advance, and if a predetermined deviation occurs between the occupant's driving characteristics of manual driving in the present trip and the reference driving characteristics, sets driving characteristics applied to the automated driving according to the occupant's driving characteristics of manual driving in the present trip.