The invention discloses a method for synthesizing 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-methyl-4-difluoromethyl-1,2,4-triazole-5-ketone. The method comprises the following steps: with o-chloroaniline as a raw material, carrying out diazotization, reduction and salification so as to synthesize o-chlorophenylhydrazine hydrochloride, carrying out alkali neutralization so as to prepare free o-chlorophenylhydrazine, subjecting o-chlorophenylhydrazine, acetaldehyde, sodium cyanate and sodium hypochlorite to condensation, cyclization and oxidation reactions so as to generate 1-o-chlorophenyl-3-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5-ketone, subjecting 1-o-chlorophenyl-3-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5-ketone to salification, potassium fluorination and chlorination reactions so as to obtain 1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-3-methyl-4-difluoromethyl-1,2,4-triazole-5-ketone (a sulfentrazone intermediate). The synthetic method provided by the invention uses o-chloroaniline as the raw material, can synthesize an intermediate with small steric hindrance and few impurities, improves the yield, has the advantages of easily-available and cheap raw materials, mild reaction, simple and convenient operation and high safety, and facilitatesindustrial production.