The present invention discloses a p-bromotoluene synthesis process, which comprises: adding p-toluidine and hydrochloric acid to a reaction pot with a stirrer, a condenser, a thermometer and a dropping funnel, carrying out stirring heating to make the p-toluidine be dissolved, cooling to a temperature of less than or equal to 12 DEG C, adding a sodium nitrite solution in a dropwise manner to achieve an end point, continuously stirring for 30 min, adding a cuprous bromide hydrobromic acid solution to the reaction solution, stirring for 2 h at a temperature of 25-40 DEG C, heating the reaction solution to a temperature of 70-80 DEG C, carrying out thermal insulation for 1 h, adding water vapor to the reaction solution, distilling, separating the liquid, carrying out pressure reducing distillation, and collecting the distillate at a temperature of 104-106 DEG C to obtain the white crystal p-bromotoluene. According to the present invention, no by-product is formed during the p-bromotoluene synthesis process, the cuprous bromide easily reacts with the diazo salt under the protection of hydrobromic acid, the reaction efficiency is high, the reaction is rapid, the product yield achieves 97.82%, and the purity achieves 99.99%.