A charged particle beam drawing apparatus has a drawing unit that directs a charged particle beam and draws a pattern on a target and also has a control calculator that controls the drawing unit. The control calculator has a speed calculating unit configured to calculate a first drawing speed in a first area in a drawing area on the target according to a run-up start coordinate, a drawing start coordinate, and a predetermined first acceleration, and calculate the range of the first area according to the run-up start coordinate, the first acceleration, and a second drawing speed, and also has a drawing control unit configured to control the drawing unit so that, in the first area, drawing is performed at the first drawing speed and, in a second area that follows the first area, drawing is performed at the second drawing speed.