SAO MANOEL
Mato Grosso · AMAZONAS
Useful capacity
86.95 hm³
Coordinates
9.189°S, 57.053°W
Operator
ONS
100.0% of useful capacity
Current fill
100.0%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
-0.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
100.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 100.4% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around SAO MANOEL had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.61). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 577.22 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 86.95 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | TELES PIRES |
| Province | Mato Grosso |
| River basin | AMAZONAS |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 9.189°S, 57.053°W · Open in Google Maps
About SAO MANOEL
As of October 26, 2026, SAO MANOEL is at 100.0% of useful capacity, holding 87 hm³ of 86.95 hm³. Of the 577.22 hm³ total capacity, that is 15.1%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for SAO MANOEL — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 90.1% (September 25, 2026) to a high of 105.0% (October 16, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the AMAZONAS basin at 9.189°S, 57.053°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.0% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 87 hm³
- Total capacity
- 577.22 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 86.95 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- TELES PIRES
- River basin
- AMAZONAS
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 9.189°S, 57.053°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 87 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 101.4% | 88.2 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 99.3% | 86.3 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 100.7% | 87.6 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 87 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 99.3% | 86.3 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 97.9% | 85.1 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 87 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 102.1% | 88.8 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 100.7% | 87.6 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 105.0% | 91.3 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 102.8% | 89.4 |