The invention discloses a vacuum tube type solar energy air collector which comprises a box body, wherein an air inlet is formed in one end of the box body, an air outlet is formed in the other end of the box body, the box body is provided with a vacuum tube connecting opening and a vacuum tube, the vacuum tube is communicated with the box body through the vacuum tube connecting opening in an airtight mode, an inner tube of the vacuum tube is coated by a selective absorbing coating and provided with an expansion opening inserting tube, the expansion opening inserting tube is of an L shape and comprises an expansion opening section and a straight tube section, the straight tube section is vertical to the expansion opening section, and the expansion opening section is provided with a funnel-shaped opening; the straight tube section is fixed inside the vacuum tube; the expansion opening section stretches into the box body, and the funnel-shaped opening of the expansion opening section backs on to the air inlet in the one end of the box body. According to the negative pressure suction type vacuum tube type solar energy air collector, a heat tube is not used, manufacturing cost is low, the structure is simple, installation is convenient to achieve, heat collection efficiency is high, resistance is little, and the vacuum tube type solar energy air collector is suitable for series-parallel connection of various heat collectors and is applied to a large-scale air drying system and a heating system.