BELO MONTE
Pará · AMAZONAS
Useful capacity
610.72 hm³
Coordinates
3.126°S, 51.775°W
Operator
ONS
77.0% of useful capacity
Current fill
77.0%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-4.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+39.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
128%of normal
77.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 60.0% for October across 2 years of readings (+17.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around BELO MONTE had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.05). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 2,276 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 610.72 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | XINGU |
| Province | Pará |
| River basin | AMAZONAS |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 3.126°S, 51.775°W · Open in Google Maps
About BELO MONTE
As of October 26, 2026, BELO MONTE is at 77.0% of useful capacity, holding 470.3 hm³ of 610.72 hm³. Of the 2,276 hm³ total capacity, that is 20.7%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.4 percentage points, and it is 39.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for BELO MONTE — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.3% (April 10, 2026) to a high of 102.5% (August 21, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the AMAZONAS basin at 3.126°S, 51.775°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 77.0% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 470.3 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,276 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 610.72 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 39.4 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- XINGU
- River basin
- AMAZONAS
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 3.126°S, 51.775°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 77.0% | 470.3 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 76.8% | 468.8 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 77.7% | 474.3 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 77.9% | 475.6 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.5% | 479.7 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 81.2% | 495.9 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 81.0% | 494.6 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 81.4% | 497.3 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 82.5% | 504.1 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 83.9% | 512.3 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 84.1% | 513.6 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 84.8% | 517.8 |