Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City bus

Buses from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City start at €22.18 and take 6h 5m at their fastest.

DavaoDavaoLapu-Lapu CityLapu-Lapu City

The Buses from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City starts at €22.18 and takes 6h 5m door to door, run by 1 operator over 404 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 5mDoor to door
  • 5h 21mMoving
  • €22.18From
  • 10.9 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€19.43
  1. Philtranco Service Enterprises PS437516:515h 21m22:12Davao Metro ShuttleLapu-lapu city Terminal

Door to door 6h 5mCO2 10.9 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Philtranco Service Enterprises€19.436h 3m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Philtranco Service Enterprises

The trip ends at Lapu-lapu city Terminal. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Lapu-Lapu City for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City

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

  1. €22.7390 days
  2. €16.6860 days
  3. €16.1345 days
  4. €16.1330 days
  5. €22.7321 days
  6. €27.6814 days
  7. €33.737 days
  8. €32.633 days
  9. €45.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 184 percent. The most expensive point is €45.83, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €26.58Sun
  2. €25.48Mon
  3. €22.18Tue
  4. €23.83Wed
  5. €32.08Thu
  6. €28.23Fri
  7. €27.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Davao

Bus
  • Davao Metro Shuttle
  • Davao City Overland Transport Terminal

Lapu-Lapu City

Bus
  • Lapu-lapu city Terminal
  • Pacific Mall 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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 404 km against 404 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Davao City at 06:06 and the last at 21:25, across 12 departures. 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

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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
Flight4h 6m56m3h 10m€46.16102.3 kg40
Coach6h 5m5h 21m44m€22.1810.9 kg12

Questions about Davao City to Lapu-Lapu 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 Lapu-Lapu City take?

The Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City takes 6h 5m door to door, of which 5h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 404 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 Lapu-Lapu City cost?

The Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City starts at €22.18 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €23.28. 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 Lapu-Lapu City?

1 operators run the Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City: Philtranco Service Enterprises. Between them they file around 12 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 Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City use?

The Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City leaves from Davao Metro Shuttle and arrives at Lapu-lapu city 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 Lapu-Lapu City?

Traveling from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City by Flight costs €46.16 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 6h 5m 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 Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City?

Fares for the Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 184 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 404 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 Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City?

Operators on the Coach from Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 5m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Davao City to Lapu-Lapu City on September 12, 2026: 404 km of route against 404 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 6h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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