PIMENTAL
Pará · AMAZONAS
Useful capacity
505.36 hm³
Coordinates
3.438°S, 51.947°W
Operator
ONS
27.3% of useful capacity
Current fill
27.3%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-17.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around PIMENTAL 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 −2.08). 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 | 505.36 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. 3.438°S, 51.947°W · Open in Google Maps
About PIMENTAL
As of October 26, 2026, PIMENTAL is at 27.3% of useful capacity, holding 137.7 hm³ of 505.36 hm³. Of the 2,276 hm³ total capacity, that is 6.0%. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 17.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for PIMENTAL — 64 data points between April 28, 2024 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (April 28, 2024) to a high of 105.0% (August 18, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the AMAZONAS basin at 3.438°S, 51.947°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 27.3% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 137.7 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,276 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 505.36 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 17.0 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- XINGU
- River basin
- AMAZONAS
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 3.438°S, 51.947°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 27.3% | 137.7 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 28.6% | 144.3 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 29.8% | 150.8 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 31.1% | 157.4 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 35.7% | 180.5 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 39.7% | 200.4 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 41.6% | 210.4 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 44.3% | 223.8 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 45.6% | 230.5 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 48.3% | 243.9 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 49.6% | 250.7 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 51.6% | 260.9 |