Dumaguete to Butuan runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €53.83, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 35m over 374 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €53.83, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€53.83
- 110%Moves across the booking window
110%When it runs, leaving Dumaguete
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
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0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €112.83Thu24
- about €92.77Fri25
- about €99.85Sat26
- about €70.35Sun27
- about €66.22Mon28
- about €63.86Tue29
- about €62.09Wed30
- about €71.53Thu1
- about €61.50Fri2
- about €58.55Sat3
- about €56.78Sun4
- about €60.32Mon5
- about €57.96Tue6
- about €57.96Wed7
- about €63.86Thu8
- about €57.96Fri9
- about €60.91Sat10
- about €55.60Sun11
- about €53.83Mon12
- about €53.83Tue13
- about €54.42Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Butuan. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Butuan for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Dumaguete to Butuan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €53.8390 days
- €53.8360 days
- €53.8345 days
- €56.7830 days
- €54.4221 days
- €57.9614 days
- €62.097 days
- €99.853 days
- €112.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €53.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 110 percent. The most expensive point is €112.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Dumaguete to Butuan 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
374 km
249 km as the crow flies, 50% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
113,541 → 309,709
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 374 km against 249 km in a straight line, a detour of 50 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Lapu-Lapu City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 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.
The fare from BXU into Butuan is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Butuan
Settled in advance, so the ride into Butuan costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal
Most of the points near Butuan City Integrated Transport Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Dumaguete to Butuan
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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
The fastest journey from Dumaguete to Butuan takes 5h 35m door to door, of which 1h 20m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 37m, 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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
The cheapest fare from Dumaguete to Butuan is €53.83, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €60.91. 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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
The cheapest way from Dumaguete to Butuan is by flight, at €53.83 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 37m 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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
Fares from Dumaguete to Butuan bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €53.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 110 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Dumaguete to Butuan?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Dumaguete to Butuan, at €56.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Dumaguete to Butuan?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Dumaguete to Butuan, at €53.83 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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
2 operators sell services from Dumaguete to Butuan across 1 mode: Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific. 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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
0 percent of the services we sell from Dumaguete to Butuan are direct. The rest connect at Lapu-Lapu City, with about 67 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 Dumaguete to Butuan use?
Services from Dumaguete to Butuan by flight leave from Sibulan Airport DGT and arrive at Bancasi Airport BXU. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Dumaguete to Butuan?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Dumaguete to Butuan 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 Dumaguete to Butuan on September 23, 2026: 374 km of route against 249 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €53.83, and 5h 35m 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 Butuan a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Butuan and across Philippines
Day trips that leave Butuan in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Dumaguete reaches 23 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 25 to 12,036 km. Butuan reaches 27 places in 2 countries, from 49 to 11,873 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Dumaguete
- 23Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 4Operators
3
4Arriving in Butuan
Leaving Butuan
- 27Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 7Operators