Davao City to Cotabato City bus

Buses from Davao City to Cotabato City start at €19.98 and take 7h 9m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Davao City to Cotabato City starts at €19.98 and takes 7h 9m door to door, run by 2 operators over 358 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 9mDoor to door
  • 5h 8mMoving
  • €24.38 to €49.68From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 12.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€24.38 to €49.68 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

12Go lists the departures it sells between Davao City and Cotabato City.

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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 €44.18Fri25
  2. about €49.68Sat26
  3. about €36.48Sun27
  4. about €29.33Mon28
  5. about €29.88Tue29
  6. about €33.18Wed30
  7. about €30.43Thu1
  8. about €25.48Fri2
  9. about €30.98Sat3
  10. about €25.48Sun4
  11. about €24.38Mon5
  12. about €24.38Tue6
  13. about €25.48Wed7
  14. about €28.78Thu8

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 14, 2026

Cheapest€19.98
  1. Philtranco Service Enterprises PS583907:302h 36m10:06Davao Metro ShuttleCagayan de Oro City Westbound Terminal
  2. Rural Transit Mindanao RT689811:232h 32m13:55Cagayan de Oro City Westbound TerminalCotabato City Integrated Public Terminal

Changes at Cagayan de Oro, with 77 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 9mCO2 12.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Cotabato City for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Cotabato City Integrated Public 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 Davao City to Cotabato City

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

  1. €21.0890 days
  2. €17.7760 days
  3. €18.3345 days
  4. €23.2830 days
  5. €23.2821 days
  6. €28.7814 days
  7. €30.437 days
  8. €36.483 days
  9. €44.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €44.18, 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. €25.48Sun
  2. €24.38Mon
  3. €24.38Tue
  4. €25.48Wed
  5. €28.78Thu
  6. €25.48Fri
  7. €30.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Davao

Bus
  • Davao Metro Shuttle
  • Davao City Overland Transport Terminal

Cotabato

Bus
  • Cotabato City Integrated Public Terminal
  • Kutoco Terminal
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 358 km against 152 km in a straight line, a detour of 188 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cagayan de Oro, Dipolog. 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Davao City 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
Coach7h 9m5h 8m2h 1m€19.9812.2 kg1
Flight7h 13m3h 50m3h 23m€45.5771.8 kg1

Questions about Davao City to Cotabato City

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 Davao City to Cotabato City take?

The Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City takes 7h 9m door to door, of which 5h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 358 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 Davao City to Cotabato City cost?

The Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City starts at €19.98 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €19.98. 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 Davao City to Cotabato City?

2 operators run the Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City: Philtranco Service Enterprises, Rural Transit Mindanao. 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 Davao City to Cotabato City use?

The Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City leaves from Davao Metro Shuttle and arrives at Cotabato City Integrated Public 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 Davao City to Cotabato City?

The Coach is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Davao City to Cotabato City, at €19.98 and 7h 9m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.

When should I book the Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City?

Fares for the Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.77. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City produce?

The Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City produces about 12.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 358 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 Davao City to Cotabato City?

Operators on the Coach from Davao City to Cotabato City publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 9m 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 Davao City to Cotabato City on September 24, 2026: 358 km of route against 152 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 7h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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