Manila to Cotabato City

The fastest journey from Manila to Cotabato City takes 5h 59m door to door, of which 3h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 12h 19m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Manila to Cotabato City is €56.43, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €109.59. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Manila to Cotabato City is by ferry, at €56.43 for one passenger on 14 October 2026. That journey takes 28h 6m 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.

The fastest way from Manila to Cotabato City is by flight, at 6h 14m door to door. Only 3h 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €84.50.

Fares from Manila to Cotabato City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €48.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 178 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Thursday is the cheapest day to depart from Manila to Cotabato City, at €74.04. 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.

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Manila to Cotabato City, at €54.79 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.

4 operators sell services from Manila to Cotabato City across 2 modes: 2GO Travel, Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Rural Transit Mindanao. 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.

0 percent of the services we sell from Manila to Cotabato City are direct. The rest connect at Ozamiz City, Dipolog, Pagadian, Iligan, with about 47 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Travelling from Manila to Cotabato City by ferry produces about 23.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 170.4 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Manila to Cotabato City by flight leave from Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL and arrive at Cotabato City Integrated Public Terminal. 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.

2 of the 4 operators we sell from Manila to Cotabato 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.