Butuan to Cebu City runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €18.87, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 29m over 311 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €18.87, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026
€18.87
- 105%Moves across the booking window
105%When it runs, leaving Butuan
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €38.68Fri25
- about €37.58Sat26
- about €32.08Sun27
- about €28.78Mon28
- about €27.68Tue29
- about €26.02Wed30
- about €24.37Thu1
- about €27.68Fri2
- about €27.12Sat3
- about €24.93Sun4
- about €22.17Mon5
- about €21.07Tue6
- about €21.62Wed7
- about €22.18Thu8
- about €21.07Fri9
- about €21.07Sat10
- about €21.62Sun11
- about €18.87Mon12
- about €19.42Tue13
- about €18.87Wed14
- about €24.38Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Cebu City. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Cebu City for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Butuan to Cebu City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.6290 days
- €18.8760 days
- €21.0745 days
- €21.0730 days
- €24.3821 days
- €22.1814 days
- €24.377 days
- €32.083 days
- €38.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.87.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 105 percent. The dearest point is €38.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Butuan to Cebu City and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
311 km
237 km as the crow flies, 31% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
309,709 → 965,332
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 311 km against 237 km in a straight line, a detour of 31 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Surigao, Cagayan de Oro, Tagbilaran City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near CNU
Most of the points near CNU open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Butuan to Cebu City
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Butuan to Cebu City?
The fastest journey from Butuan to Cebu City takes 6h 29m door to door, of which 4h 22m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 7h 48m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Butuan to Cebu City?
The cheapest fare from Butuan to Cebu City is €18.87, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.93. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Butuan to Cebu City?
The cheapest way from Butuan to Cebu City is by coach, at €18.87 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 41m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Butuan to Cebu City?
Fares from Butuan to Cebu City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €18.87. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 105 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Butuan to Cebu City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Butuan to Cebu City, at €21.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Butuan to Cebu City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Butuan to Cebu City, at €17.22 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Butuan to Cebu City?
4 operators sell services from Butuan to Cebu City across 1 mode: Bachelor Express, Chan Transit, Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Philtranco Service Enterprises. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Butuan to Cebu City?
0 percent of the services we sell from Butuan to Cebu City are direct. The rest connect at Surigao, Cagayan de Oro, Tagbilaran City, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Butuan to Cebu City use?
Services from Butuan to Cebu City by coach leave from Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal and arrive at CNU. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Butuan to Cebu City?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Butuan to Cebu City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Butuan to Cebu City on 24 September 2026: 311 km of route against 237 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €18.87, and 6h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Butuan reaches 27 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 11,873 km. Cebu City reaches 94 places in 18 countries, from 15 to 12,223 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Butuan
- 27Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 7Operators
2
7Arriving in Cebu City
Leaving Cebu City
- 94Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 10Operators