Cotabato City to Manila runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €62.87, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 21m over 949 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €62.87, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€62.87
- 195%Moves across the booking window
195%When it runs, leaving Cotabato City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
4
0%Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Cotabato City and Manila.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €159.68Fri25
- about €149.23Sat26
- about €97.53Sun27
- about €104.13Mon28
- about €86.53Tue29
- about €102.48Wed30
- about €111.28Thu1
- about €93.13Fri2
- about €92.58Sat3
- about €79.38Sun4
- about €62.87Mon5
- about €79.93Tue6
- about €70.02Wed7
- about €82.68Thu8
- about €77.17Fri9
- about €68.38Sat10
- about €81.57Sun11
- about €67.83Mon12
- about €71.67Tue13
- about €67.27Wed14
- about €75.53Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Manila. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Manila for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Cotabato City to Manila
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.6390 days
- €54.0760 days
- €61.2245 days
- €57.3730 days
- €75.5321 days
- €82.6814 days
- €111.287 days
- €97.533 days
- €159.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €159.68, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cotabato City to Manila 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
949 km
895 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
383,383 → 1,600,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 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 949 km against 895 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Pagadian, Iligan, Ozamiz City, Dipolog. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Manila is large, and the road in from MNL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Manila
Settled in advance, so the ride into Manila costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Lerma station
Most of the points near Lerma station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cotabato City to Manila
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 Cotabato City to Manila?
The fastest journey from Cotabato City to Manila takes 6h 21m door to door, of which 3h 35m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 12h 51m, 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 Cotabato City to Manila?
The cheapest fare from Cotabato City to Manila is €62.87, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €96.98. 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 Cotabato City to Manila?
The cheapest way from Cotabato City to Manila is by coach, at €62.87 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 6h 38m 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 Cotabato City to Manila?
Fares from Cotabato City to Manila bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €54.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 195 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cotabato City to Manila?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cotabato City to Manila, at €67.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cotabato City to Manila?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cotabato City to Manila, at €56.83 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 Cotabato City to Manila?
4 operators sell services from Cotabato City to Manila across 1 mode: 2GO Travel, Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Rural Transit Mindanao. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Cotabato City to Manila?
0 percent of the services we sell from Cotabato City to Manila are direct. The rest connect at Pagadian, Iligan, Ozamiz City, Dipolog, with about 66 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 Cotabato City to Manila use?
Services from Cotabato City to Manila by coach leave from Cotabato City Integrated Public Terminal and arrive at Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Cotabato City to Manila?
2 of the 4 operators we sell from Cotabato City to Manila 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cotabato City to Manila on September 24, 2026: 949 km of route against 895 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €62.87, and 6h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Cotabato City reaches 14 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 87 to 12,105 km. Manila reaches 185 places in 56 countries, from 40 to 13,750 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cotabato City
- 14Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
2
1Arriving in Manila
Leaving Manila
- 185Places you can leave for
- 56Countries
- 62Operators