Setting of the moon in Mariki, Zamboanga City

Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City. From €17.23, fastest 5h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €17.23, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 50m over 383 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €17.23, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€17.23

  • 170%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Cagayan de Oro

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:12First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Rural Transit Mindanao runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €43.63Fri18
  2. about €41.43Sat19
  3. about €39.23Sun20
  4. about €28.78Mon21
  5. about €26.03Tue22
  6. about €30.43Wed23
  7. about €38.68Thu24
  8. about €29.33Fri25
  9. about €34.28Sat26
  10. about €27.13Sun27
  11. about €22.18Mon28
  12. about €22.18Tue29
  13. about €26.58Wed30
  14. about €29.33Thu1
  15. about €22.73Fri2
  16. about €24.93Sat3
  17. about €21.63Sun4
  18. about €19.43Mon5
  19. about €17.23Tue6
  20. about €21.63Wed7
  21. about €25.48Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Zamboanga City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

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

Sort by distance from Labuan Limpapa and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City

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

  1. €19.4390 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €18.3345 days
  4. €21.6330 days
  5. €25.4821 days
  6. €29.3314 days
  7. €38.687 days
  8. €39.233 days
  9. €43.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 170 percent. The most expensive point is €43.63, 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.
€43.63€16.13137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

383 km

333 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

741,6171,018,849

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Cagayan de OroCagayan de OroZamboangaZamboanga
The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 383 km against 333 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, Pagadian, Mantampay, Muricay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Zamboanga City is large, and the road in from ZAM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zamboanga City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Zamboanga City costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Labuan Limpapa

Most of the points near Labuan Limpapa open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga 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 it take to get from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

The fastest journey from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City takes 5h 50m door to door, of which 5h 18m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 6h 11m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

The cheapest fare from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City is €17.23, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.23. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

The cheapest way from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City is by coach, at €17.23 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 6h 2m 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.

When should I book Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

Fares from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €16.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 170 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City, at €22.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City, at €17.78 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.

Who runs service from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

No operator record names Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City directly. Rural Transit Mindanao publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

20 percent of the services we sell from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City are direct. The rest connect at Iligan, Pagadian, Mantampay, Muricay, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City use?

Services from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City by coach leave from Cagayan de Oro City Westbound Terminal and arrive at Labuan Limpapa. Allow about 44m 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.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga 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.

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.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga City on September 17, 2026: 383 km of route against 333 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 5h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Zamboanga City a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Zamboanga City and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Zamboanga City in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Cagayan de Oro reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 794 km. Zamboanga City reaches 26 places in 1 countries, from 89 to 869 km.

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