This is my own work. The skyline view of the Robinsons Place Butuan from City Hall Complex of Butuan.

Iloilo City to Butuan

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Iloilo City to Butuan. From €31.53, fastest 6h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Iloilo City to Butuan runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €31.53, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h over 395 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.53, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 14 October 2026

€31.53

  • 185%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Iloilo City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

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

  1. about €89.83Thu24
  2. about €77.18Fri25
  3. about €75.53Sat26
  4. about €53.53Sun27
  5. about €45.83Mon28
  6. about €44.73Tue29
  7. about €46.93Wed30
  8. about €54.08Thu1
  9. about €41.43Fri2
  10. about €40.33Sat3
  11. about €37.03Sun4
  12. about €38.68Mon5
  13. about €37.58Tue6
  14. about €37.58Wed7
  15. about €45.28Thu8
  16. about €37.03Fri9
  17. about €41.98Sat10
  18. about €34.28Sun11
  19. about €32.08Mon12
  20. about €32.63Tue13
  21. about €31.53Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The coach gets you into Butuan. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Butuan for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Iloilo City to Butuan

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €32.6390 days
  2. €31.5360 days
  3. €32.0845 days
  4. €34.2830 days
  5. €31.5321 days
  6. €37.5814 days
  7. €46.937 days
  8. €75.533 days
  9. €89.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 185 percent. The dearest point is €89.83, 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.
€89.83€31.53137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Iloilo City to Butuan 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

395 km

380 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

473,728309,709

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

PhilippinesSouth China SeaCebu CityCebu CityCagayan de OroCagayan de OroIliganIliganMarawi CityMarawi CityTacloban CityTacloban CityOrmoc CityOrmoc CityPagadianPagadianRoxas CityRoxas CityGingoogGingoogCadizCadizDumagueteDumagueteCatbaloganCatbaloganBisligBisligDaanbantayanDaanbantayanDipolog CityDipolog CityKalibo TownKalibo TownIloiloIloiloButuanButuanMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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 395 km against 380 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lapu-Lapu City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 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.

The fare from BXU into Butuan is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Butuan

Settled in advance, so the ride into Butuan costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal

Most of the points near Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Iloilo City to Butuan

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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

The fastest journey from Iloilo City to Butuan takes 6h door to door, of which 2h 52m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 6h 9m, 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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

The cheapest fare from Iloilo City to Butuan is €31.53, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €41.43. 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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

The cheapest way from Iloilo City to Butuan is by coach, at €31.53 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 1m 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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

Fares from Iloilo City to Butuan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 185 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Iloilo City to Butuan?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Iloilo City to Butuan, at €37.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Iloilo City to Butuan?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Iloilo City to Butuan, at €30.97 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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

2 operators sell services from Iloilo City to Butuan across 1 mode: Air Philippines, 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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

0 percent of the services we sell from Iloilo City to Butuan are direct. The rest connect at Lapu-Lapu City, with about 72 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 Iloilo City to Butuan use?

Services from Iloilo City to Butuan by coach leave from Ceres Iloilo North Bus Terminal and arrive at Bancasi Airport BXU. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Iloilo City to Butuan?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Iloilo City to Butuan 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 Iloilo City to Butuan on 23 September 2026: 395 km of route against 380 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.53, and 6h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Butuan a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Butuan and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Butuan in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Iloilo City reaches 44 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 11,998 km. Butuan reaches 27 places in 2 countries, from 49 to 11,873 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Iloilo City

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 7Operators

Arriving in Butuan

Leaving Butuan

  • 27Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 7Operators

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