To provide a moisture absorbing and discharging fire-protecting building material having excellent moisture absorbing and discharging characteristic, fire protection and fire resistance, and having excellent design nature.

In this moisture absorbing and discharging fire-protecting material, a coating film layer made of coating material to which moisture absorbing and discharging granular powder material is added is formed on the surface of a moisture absorbing and discharging base material containing moisture absorbing and discharging material such as diatoaceous earth, silica gel, or zeolite, hydraulic material such as slug or cement, and one or both of an organic reinforcing fiber and inorganic reinforcing fiber.