A method for producing acetic acid can improve the life of a silver-substituted ion exchange resin for removing organic iodine compounds in acetic acid. In a carbonylation process of a methanol method, an acetic acid distillation step has at least one distillation step of carrying out the purification of an acetic acid stream under conditions of a column bottom temperature of a distillation column of less than 175° C., a nickel base alloy or zirconium is used as a material of the distillation column in the distillation step, and as metal ion concentrations in a charging mixture of the distillation column in the distillation step, an iron ion concentration is less than 10,000 ppb by mass, a chromium ion concentration is less than 5,000 ppb by mass, a nickel ion concentration is less than 3,000 ppb by mass, and a molybdenum ion concentration is less than 2,000 ppb by mass.