The invention discloses an outdoor night vision U-shaped lock which comprises a U-shaped lock rod and a lock body. Two ends of the U-shaped lock rod are mortise lock ends, the mortise lock ends are cooperatively clamped with mortise lock holes, an arc-shaped groove is formed in the rod wall of each mortise lock end, two limit rods are arranged on a lock cylinder, each limit rod is placed into onearc-shaped groove, and a sector movement area communicated with the arc-shaped grooves is further arranged in the lock body. When the lock cylinder is unlocked, the limit rods can move around the central axis of the lock cylinder in the sector movement area, the length of each arc-shaped groove on the central axis of the corresponding mortise lock end of the U-shaped lock rod is 1.5-2.5 times thatof the diameter of each limit rod, two illuminating lamps are arranged on the lock body, and a self-resetting key switch is arranged in each mortise lock hole. When the U-shaped lock rod is pulled out along the mortise lock holes and clamped by the limit rods, the self-resetting key switches are triggered, and the illuminating lamps are turned on. The outdoor night vision U-shaped lock has an illuminating function, a triggering structure of the lock is simple, and false triggering can be prevented.