The invention relates to a road condition display method and apparatus. The method comprises the steps of loading and displaying a map of a target region; obtaining road condition information of all roads in the target region from a server; obtaining configuration information of all the roads in the target region, and obtaining state rendering parameters corresponding to the roads according to the configuration information and the road condition information of the roads; obtaining color rendering parameters corresponding to the roads according to the state rendering parameters and color values corresponding to preset road states; and sampling the map, identifying the roads in the target region according to the sampled color values and default color values of the roads, and rendering the roads in the target region to have corresponding target color values according to the color rendering parameters. According to the method and the apparatus, the network flow during road condition display is effectively saved.