LUIZ GONZAGA
Pernambuco · SAO FRANCISCO
Useful capacity
3,549 hm³
Coordinates
9.141°S, 38.314°W
Operator
ONS
39.7% of useful capacity
Current fill
39.7%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-5.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-39.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
63%of normal
39.7% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 62.9% for October across 2 years of readings (-23.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around LUIZ GONZAGA 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 −3.33). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 10,782 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 3,549 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | SÃO FRANCISCO |
| Province | Pernambuco |
| River basin | SAO FRANCISCO |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 9.141°S, 38.314°W · Open in Google Maps
About LUIZ GONZAGA
As of October 26, 2026, LUIZ GONZAGA is at 39.7% of useful capacity, holding 1,408 hm³ of 3,549 hm³. Of the 10,782 hm³ total capacity, that is 13.1%. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 5.9 percentage points, and it is 39.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for LUIZ GONZAGA — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 34.4% (December 31, 2025) to a high of 90.2% (July 3, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the SAO FRANCISCO basin at 9.141°S, 38.314°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 39.7% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 1,408 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10,782 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 3,549 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 5.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 39.3 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- SÃO FRANCISCO
- River basin
- SAO FRANCISCO
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 9.141°S, 38.314°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 39.7% | 1,408 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 41.0% | 1,457 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 41.3% | 1,464 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 1,478 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 42.6% | 1,513 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 43.4% | 1,541 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 44.4% | 1,576 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 45.6% | 1,619 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 46.0% | 1,633 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 47.4% | 1,682 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 47.6% | 1,689 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 49.0% | 1,739 |