The invention discloses a method for clarifying cane juice by combining air floatation purification and thermal floatation purification. The method comprises the following steps of: preheating mixed juice to 45-55 DEG C, conveying into a reactor, and adding lime for adjusting the pH value to 5.6-6.6, wherein the adding amount of the lime is 0.02-0.05 percent of the weight of the mixed juice; and charging fine uniform air bubbles by using a bubble maker, adding a flocculating agent, mixing uniformly, adding into a thermal tubular purifier, performing air floatation purification in the thermal tubular purifier to obtain primary clear juice, extracting the primary clear juice into a stirrer, adding a clarifying agent and a flocculating agent simultaneously, and feeding into the thermal tubular purifier through a circulating pump for performing thermal floatation purification to separate secondary clear juice and floating slag out. An air floatation purification technology and a thermal floatation purification technology are combined, so that the clarifying efficiency and effect of the clarifying agent are increased, the quality of a white sugar product is improved simultaneously, and environmental pollution caused by lime sludge is lowered.