Batangas to Manila bus

Buses from Batangas to Manila start at €16.66 and take 3h 50m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Batangas to Manila starts at €16.66 and takes 3h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 113 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for September 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 50mDoor to door
  • 1h 49mMoving
  • €16.66 to €19.42From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 3.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 27, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€16.66 to €19.42 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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 €18.32Fri25
  2. about €19.42Sat26
  3. about €16.66Sun27
  4. about €16.66Mon28
  5. about €16.66Tue29
  6. about €16.66Wed30
  7. about €16.66Thu1
  8. about €16.66Fri2
  9. about €16.66Sat3
  10. about €16.66Sun4
  11. about €16.66Mon5
  12. about €16.66Tue6
  13. about €16.66Wed7
  14. about €16.66Thu8

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 27, 2026

Cheapest€16.66
  1. ALPS the AL516307:301h 4m08:34Batangas Port Bus TerminalJAM Liner - Cabuyao Terminal
  2. ALPS the AL718509:5145m10:36JAM Liner - Cabuyao TerminalManila Multi-modal Terminal

Changes at Cabuyao, with 77 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 50mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
ALPS theNoneNone72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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

A hotel room

A room in Manila for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Batangas to Manila

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

  1. €16.6690 days
  2. €16.6660 days
  3. €16.6645 days
  4. €16.6630 days
  5. €16.6621 days
  6. €16.6614 days
  7. €16.667 days
  8. €16.663 days
  9. €18.321 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €16.66.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 10 percent. The most expensive point is €18.32, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €16.66Sun
  2. €16.66Mon
  3. €16.66Tue
  4. €16.66Wed
  5. €16.66Thu
  6. €16.66Fri
  7. €16.66Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Batangas

Bus
  • Batangas Port Bus Terminal
  • Batangas City Grand Terminal

Manila

Bus
  • Manila Multi-modal Terminal
  • GV Florida Manila Bus Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 113 km against 95 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cabuyao, Calamba. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Batangas at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 15m1h 1m2h 14m€31.143.8 kg1
Coach3h 50m1h 49m2h 1m€16.663.8 kg1

Questions about Batangas to Manila

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Batangas to Manila take?

The Coach from Batangas to Manila takes 3h 50m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 113 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Batangas to Manila cost?

The Coach from Batangas to Manila starts at €16.66 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €16.66. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Batangas to Manila?

1 operators run the Coach from Batangas to Manila: ALPS the. Between them they file around 1 departure a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Batangas to Manila use?

The Coach from Batangas to Manila leaves from Batangas Port Bus Terminal and arrives at Manila Multi-modal Terminal. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Batangas to Manila?

Traveling from Batangas to Manila by Train costs €31.14 and takes 3h 15m door to door, against 3h 50m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Batangas to Manila?

Fares for the Coach from Batangas to Manila bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €16.66. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 10 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Batangas to Manila produce?

The Coach from Batangas to Manila produces about 3.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 113 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Batangas to Manila?

Operators on the Coach from Batangas to Manila publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Batangas to Manila on September 24, 2026: 113 km of route against 95 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €16.66, and 3h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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