The invention discloses a rotary air filter. The air filter comprises a shell, the side face of the shell is connected with an air guide pipe through a bolt, the end, located in the shell, of the airguide pipe is connected with a filter box, the other end of the air guide pipe is connected with an air inlet box, an opening part is formed on one side of the air inlet box, a first filter net is arranged on the opening part, a gap is reserved between the lower end of the second filter net and the inner bottom of the filter box, the lower end of the filter box is of a hopper structure and is connected with an inclined pipe, the upper portion of the side, away from the air guide pipe, of the filter box is connected with one end of a connecting pipe, the other end of the connecting pipe is connected to the lower portion of the side face of the filter tank, the lower end of the filter tank is connected with an ash accumulating pipe, the lower end of the inclined pipe is connected to the lower portion of the side face of the ash accumulating pipe, an ash accumulating groove is formed in the bottom of the shell, the lower end of the ash accumulating pipe extends into the ash accumulating groove, and a seal end cover is arranged on the inner wall of the ash accumulating groove in a thread rotation manner. The rotary air filter is novel in structure, ingenious in design, reasonable in structure, capable of effectively removing dust and suitable for popularization.