Iligan 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 €15.03, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h over 323 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €15.03, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€15.03
- 148%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Iligan
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 Iligan 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
- about €41.43Thu17
- about €32.63Fri18
- about €35.93Sat19
- about €27.68Sun20
- about €24.93Mon21
- about €22.18Tue22
- about €26.03Wed23
- about €27.13Thu24
- about €24.93Fri25
- about €29.33Sat26
- about €23.83Sun27
- about €18.88Mon28
- about €18.88Tue29
- about €22.73Wed30
- about €21.63Thu1
- about €19.97Fri2
- about €21.63Sat3
- about €18.88Sun4
- about €16.68Mon5
- about €15.03Tue6
- about €21.62Wed7
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 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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When to book Iligan to Zamboanga City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.5290 days
- €16.6860 days
- €18.3345 days
- €18.8830 days
- €21.6221 days
- €22.7314 days
- €26.037 days
- €35.933 days
- €41.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €41.43, 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 Iligan 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
323 km
281 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
342,618 → 1,018,849
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
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 323 km against 281 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 Pagadian, Muricay, Ozamiz City, Dipolog. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 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.
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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 Labuan Limpapa
Most of the points near Labuan Limpapa open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Iligan 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
The fastest journey from Iligan to Zamboanga City takes 5h door to door, of which 4h 28m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 5h 22m, 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
The cheapest fare from Iligan to Zamboanga City is €15.03, as of September 16, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.93. 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
The cheapest way from Iligan to Zamboanga City is by coach, at €15.03 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 12m 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
Fares from Iligan to Zamboanga City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €16.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 148 percent, measured on September 16, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Iligan to Zamboanga City?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Iligan to Zamboanga City, at €18.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 16, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Iligan to Zamboanga City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Iligan to Zamboanga City, at €16.13 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
No operator record names Iligan 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
20 percent of the services we sell from Iligan to Zamboanga City are direct. The rest connect at Pagadian, Muricay, Ozamiz City, Dipolog, with about 47 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City use?
Services from Iligan to Zamboanga City by coach leave from Iligan City Integrated Bus and Jeepney 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Iligan 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 Iligan to Zamboanga City on September 16, 2026: 323 km of route against 281 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 5h 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.
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.
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The two ends, compared
Iligan reaches 21 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 798 km. Zamboanga City reaches 26 places in 1 countries, from 89 to 869 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Iligan
- 21Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Zamboanga City
Leaving Zamboanga City
- 26Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators