The disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for identifying a traffic light. An embodiment of the method comprises: zooming a to-be-processed image acquired by an image acquisition device by at least one preset ratio to obtain at least one zoomed image; inputting the at least one zoomed image into a pre-trained convolutional neural network to obtain location information and category information of a traffic light corresponding to each zoomed image of the at least one zoomed image, wherein the convolutional neural network is used for retrieving location information and category information of a traffic light displayed in an image; and analyzing the obtained location information and category information to generate at least one candidate traffic light identification result, and fusing the generated candidate traffic light identification result to generate a traffic light identification result corresponding to the to-be-processed image. The embodiment improves the accuracy in identifying a traffic light.