Reservoir · New South Wales · Australia · BOM Water Data Online
Lake Victoria
98.0% full
Capacity
676.6 hm³
Volume stored
663 hm³
River
Off-stream
Coordinates
33.991°S, 141.276°E
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
98.0%vs 7 days ago
+1.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+16.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
112%of normal
98.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 87.3% for October across 4 years of readings (+10.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Lake Victoria had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +0.64). Rain, not storage. Australia drought figures →
Data source: Bureau of Meteorology — Water Data Online (KiWIS) — daily mean storage volume, quality-controlled. Capacity from the BOM Water Storages ArcGIS layer (total design capacity in ML). Last reading: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.991°S, 141.276°E · Open in Google Maps
About Lake Victoria
As of October 26, 2026, Lake Victoria is filled to 98.0% of its total capacity, holding 662.95 hm³ of water out of a maximum 676.6 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 576.6 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.5 percentage points, and it is 16.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lake Victoria — 1095 data points between October 28, 2023 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.5% (March 31, 2025) to a high of 99.2% (February 14, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by BOM primarily for water supply. It lies within the Off-stream Basin basin at 33.991°S, 141.276°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 98.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 662.95 hm³
- Total capacity
- 676.6 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 576.6 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 16.8 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Off-stream
- River basin
- Off-stream Basin
- Operator
- BOM
- Coordinates
- 33.991°S, 141.276°E
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 98.0% | 662.95 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 97.8% | 662.04 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 660.07 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 97.4% | 659.06 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 97.2% | 657.96 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 656.45 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 96.8% | 654.68 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 96.5% | 653.02 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 96.3% | 651.37 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 96.1% | 649.99 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 95.9% | 649 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 96.0% | 649.61 |