The skyline of Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Philippines, as seen from Iloilo Sunset Boulevard, features the highest concentration of high-rise structures in the city. It is home to major mixed-use developments, including the Iloilo Business Park and Atria Park District.

Cebu City to Iloilo City

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Cebu City to Iloilo City. From €10.63, fastest 3h 5m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Cebu City to Iloilo City runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:37 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €10.63, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 5m over 174 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.63, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€10.63

  • 131%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Cebu City

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.

  • 06:37First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Philtranco Service Enterprises runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Cebu City to Iloilo 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 €22.18Fri18
  2. about €19.43Sat19
  3. about €23.27Sun20
  4. about €13.93Mon21
  5. about €15.03Tue22
  6. about €18.33Wed23
  7. about €18.33Thu24
  8. about €16.13Fri25
  9. about €16.68Sat26
  10. about €16.68Sun27
  11. about €13.93Mon28
  12. about €12.28Tue29
  13. about €13.93Wed30
  14. about €13.93Thu1
  15. about €15.03Fri2
  16. about €12.28Sat3
  17. about €13.38Sun4
  18. about €10.63Mon5
  19. about €11.73Tue6
  20. about €10.63Wed7
  21. about €12.28Thu8

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 Iloilo City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

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

Sort by distance from Ceres Iloilo North Bus 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City

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

  1. €12.2890 days
  2. €11.1860 days
  3. €10.0845 days
  4. €12.2830 days
  5. €12.2821 days
  6. €13.9314 days
  7. €18.337 days
  8. €23.273 days
  9. €22.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €23.27, 3 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.
€23.27€10.08137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Cebu City to Iloilo 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

174 km

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

Who lives at each end

965,332473,728

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

Cebu CityCebu CityIloiloIloilo
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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 174 km against 151 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 Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

The fare from ILO into Iloilo City is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Iloilo City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Iloilo 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 Ceres Iloilo North Bus Terminal

Most of the points near Ceres Iloilo North Bus Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Cebu City to Iloilo 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

The fastest journey from Cebu City to Iloilo City takes 3h 5m door to door, of which 2h 37m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 17m, 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

The cheapest fare from Cebu City to Iloilo City is €10.63, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €13.93. 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

The cheapest way from Cebu City to Iloilo City is by coach, at €10.63 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 21m 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

Fares from Cebu City to Iloilo City bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 131 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cebu City to Iloilo City, at €12.28. 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cebu City to Iloilo City, at €10.08 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

No operator record names Cebu City to Iloilo City directly. Philtranco Service Enterprises 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

33 percent of the services we sell from Cebu City to Iloilo City are direct. The rest connect at Mansilingan, Bacolod City, with about 62 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City use?

Services from Cebu City to Iloilo City by coach leave from CNU and arrive at Ceres Iloilo North Bus Terminal. 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cebu City to Iloilo 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 Cebu City to Iloilo City on September 17, 2026: 174 km of route against 151 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 3h 5m 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 Iloilo 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 Iloilo City and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Iloilo 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

Cebu City reaches 31 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 34 to 564 km. Iloilo City reaches 21 places in 3 countries, from 42 to 2,317 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Cebu City

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  • 1Countries
  • 10Operators

Arriving in Iloilo City

Leaving Iloilo City

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  • 3Countries
  • 7Operators

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