Cagayan de Oro to Budta bus

Buses from Cagayan de Oro to Budta start at €11.18 and take 2h 59m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Cagayan de Oro to Budta starts at €11.18 and takes 2h 59m door to door, run by 3 operators over 166 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 59mDoor to door
  • 2h 15mMoving
  • €11.18From
  • 4.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.08
  1. Philtranco Service Enterprises PS366606:062h 15m08:21Cagayan de Oro City Westbound TerminalPigcawayan Overland Transport Terminal

Door to door 2h 59mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Davao Metro Shuttle€10.632h 58m
Philtranco Service Enterprises€10.082h 59m
Rural Transit Mindanao€11.182h 59m

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A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Pigcawayan Overland Transport Terminal

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Booking window

When to book Cagayan de Oro to Budta

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

  1. €11.7390 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0830 days
  5. €11.7321 days
  6. €11.7314 days
  7. €14.487 days
  8. €13.933 days
  9. €19.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 93 percent. The most expensive point is €19.43, 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.
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. €15.03Sun
  2. €11.73Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €12.83Wed
  5. €16.68Thu
  6. €11.73Fri
  7. €14.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Cagayan de Oro

Bus
  • Cagayan de Oro City Westbound Terminal
  • SM City Cagayan de Oro Transport Terminal

Budta

Bus
  • Pigcawayan Overland Transport Terminal
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 166 km against 144 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Iligan, Mantampay, Ozamiz City, Marawi City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Cagayan de Oro at 06:06 and the last at 14:31, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cagayan de Oro to Budta

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 Cagayan de Oro to Budta take?

The Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta takes 2h 59m door to door, of which 2h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 166 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 Cagayan de Oro to Budta cost?

The Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta starts at €11.18 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €12.56. 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 Cagayan de Oro to Budta?

3 operators run the Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta: Davao Metro Shuttle, Philtranco Service Enterprises, Rural Transit Mindanao. Between them they file around 10 departures 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 Cagayan de Oro to Budta use?

The Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta leaves from Cagayan de Oro City Westbound Terminal and arrives at Pigcawayan Overland Transport 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.

When should I book the Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta?

Fares for the Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 93 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta produce?

The Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 166 km, which works out at roughly 27 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 Cagayan de Oro to Budta?

Operators on the Coach from Cagayan de Oro to Budta publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cagayan de Oro to Budta on September 11, 2026: 166 km of route against 144 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 2h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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