The invention discloses a positioning device for cutting steel pipes. The positioning device comprises a handle, a clamping plate, a worktable, a support plate, a strut, a base, a sliding groove, a support plate, an air blower, a screw, an iron rod, a spring, a clamping hole, a clamping plate, an air inlet hole, a screw hole and a clamping groove. The positioning device is provided with the clamping plate, a user can push the clamping plate to move by screwing the handle, the steel pipes are clamped through the clamping groove in the clamping plate, fixation of the steel pipes is facilitated,and cutting is more convenient to achieve; the support plate is arranged and is clamped into the sliding groove, and therefore the support plate can slide on the sliding groove back and forth, the user can identify the lengths of the steel pipes according to the scale on the worktable, and the steel pipes are cut more accurately; and the air blower is arranged, and therefore the air blower can beused for blowing chippings generated in the cutting process out of the sliding groove, and the condition that the chippings are accumulated in the sliding groove and sliding of the support plate is influenced are prevented. The positioning device has the characteristics of being firm in fixation and accurate in positioning.