To provide for the ventilation between a region surrounded by a cap-shaped shade inside a reflector and the outside of the reflector, so that the region surrounded by the cap-shaped shade is not filled with heat.

A vehicle headlamp 1 comprises a lamp body 2 having a hollow with an opening in the front, a front cover (lens) 3 covering the frontal opening of the lamp body 2, a reflector 5 tiltably supported in the lamp body 2, a bulb 23 supported in the reflector 5, and the cap-shaped shade 32 shading the direct light at least in front from the bulb 23, wherein a vent is installed in the periphery of a bulb supporting part 6 of the reflector 5 and in a region inside of the outer fringe of the shade 32 in front view.