Manila to Zamboanga City runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 20:14. One passenger pays between €45.99 and €72.12, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 882 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€45.99 to €72.12
- 217%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Manila
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.
- 06:09First departure
- 20:14Last departure
- 18Services per day
- 100%Run direct
2GO Travel runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Manila 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 €119.69Fri18
- about €114.74Sat19
- about €90.54Sun20
- about €78.44Mon21
- about €74.59Tue22
- about €81.74Wed23
- about €79.54Thu24
- about €74.59Fri25
- about €76.79Sat26
- about €69.09Sun27
- about €59.74Mon28
- about €58.64Tue29
- about €68.54Wed30
- about €68.54Thu1
- about €63.04Fri2
- about €58.64Sat3
- about €58.64Sun4
- about €48.19Mon5
- about €45.99Tue6
- about €48.74Wed7
- about €63.04Thu8
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 flight 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 flight 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 Manila to Zamboanga City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.5990 days
- €37.7460 days
- €44.8945 days
- €52.5930 days
- €63.0421 days
- €68.5414 days
- €79.547 days
- €90.543 days
- €119.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 217 percent. The most expensive point is €119.69, 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 Manila 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
882 km
864 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
1,600,000 → 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
0/4
4 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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 882 km against 864 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 flight 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 Manila 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
The fastest journey from Manila to Zamboanga City takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 11h 59m, 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
The cheapest fare from Manila to Zamboanga City is €45.99, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €109.59. 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
The cheapest way from Manila to Zamboanga City is by ferry, at €45.99 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 26h 15m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Manila to Zamboanga City?
The fastest way from Manila to Zamboanga City is by flight, at 4h 42m door to door. Only 1h 32m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €70.94.
When should I book Manila to Zamboanga City?
Fares from Manila to Zamboanga City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €37.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 217 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Manila to Zamboanga City, at €58.64. 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Manila to Zamboanga City, at €39.39 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
No operator record names Manila to Zamboanga City directly. 2GO Travel, Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
Every service we sell from Manila to Zamboanga City is direct, with around 26 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 42m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Manila to Zamboanga City produce?
Traveling from Manila to Zamboanga City by ferry produces about 99.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 218.9 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Manila to Zamboanga City use?
Services from Manila to Zamboanga City by flight leave from Manila MNL and arrive at Zamboanga ZAM. 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 Manila to Zamboanga City?
1 of the 4 operators we sell from Manila 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 Manila to Zamboanga City on September 17, 2026: 882 km of route against 864 km in a straight line, 26 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €45.99, and 4h 42m 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
Manila reaches 98 places in 27 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,743 km. Zamboanga City reaches 26 places in 1 countries, from 89 to 869 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Manila
- 98Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 61Operators
Arriving in Zamboanga City
Leaving Zamboanga City
- 26Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators